diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c91c082..d28a563 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -83,9 +83,16 @@ name = "i3status-custom-pim"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
+ "json",
  "structopt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "json"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "078e285eafdfb6c4b434e0d31e8cfcb5115b651496faca5749b88fafd4f23bfd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e487e3..a5c31c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 structopt = "0.3"
 chrono = "0.4"
+json = "0.12.4"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 94d40ef..a784d98 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,48 @@ fn main() {
             args.icon, state, count
         );
     } else if args.todo {
-        println!("todo output");
+        let cmd = Command::new("todo")
+            .arg("--porcelain")
+            .output();
+
+        let stdout = match cmd {
+            Ok(o) => o.stdout,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Error running todo: {}", e);
+                process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+
+        let output = match String::from_utf8(stdout) {
+            Ok(o) => o,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Converting output failed: {}", e);
+                process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut parsed = match json::parse(&output){
+            Ok(p) => p,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("parsing JSON failed: {}", e);
+                process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+        
+        let count = parsed.len();
+        println!("{:#?}", count);
+
+        let mut tasks: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+        for due in parsed.members() {
+            tasks.push(due.as_str().unwrap().to_string());
+        }
+        /*
+        for i in parsed {
+            i.foo();
+        }
+        */
+
+
+
     }
 }