diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9540641..3ac1873 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.98"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e16d2d3311acee920a9eb8d33b8cbc1787ce4a264e85f964c2404b969bdcd487"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -241,7 +235,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "undeepend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7ae982..0f1608e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 regex="1.11"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/maven/pom_reader.rs b/src/maven/pom_reader.rs
index 35211a6..13061d1 100644
--- a/src/maven/pom_reader.rs
+++ b/src/maven/pom_reader.rs
@@ -6,24 +6,23 @@ fn read(xml: &str){
 }
 
 struct PomReader{
-
+    pom: Pom,
 }
 
 impl SaxHandler for PomReader{
     fn start_document(&mut self) {
-        todo!()
     }
 
     fn end_document(&mut self) {
-        todo!()
     }
 
     fn start_prefix_mapping(&mut self, prefix: &str, uri: &str) {
-        todo!()
     }
-    
+
     fn start_element(&mut self, uri: Option<String>, local_name: &str, qualified_name: &str, attributes: Vec<Attribute>) {
-        todo!()
+        // match local_name{
+        //     "modelVersion" => {self.pom=Pom{}}
+        // }
     }
 
     fn end_element(&mut self, uri: Option<String>, local_name: &str, qualified_name: &str) {
diff --git a/src/xml/sax_parser.rs b/src/xml/sax_parser.rs
index 492f8ae..0e1ae07 100644
--- a/src/xml/sax_parser.rs
+++ b/src/xml/sax_parser.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub struct SAXParser<'a> {
     handler: Box<&'a mut dyn SaxHandler>,
     position: usize,
     current: char,
+    char_buffer: Vec<char>,
     namespace_stack: Vec<(String, isize)>,
     prefix_mapping: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ impl<'a> SAXParser<'a> {
             handler,
             position: 0,
             current: '\0',
+            char_buffer: Vec::new(),
             namespace_stack: Vec::new(),
             prefix_mapping: HashMap::new(),
         }
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ impl<'a> SAXParser<'a> {
     fn parse_elements(&mut self) -> Result<(), SaxError> {
         while self.position < self.xml.len() {
             if self.current == '<' {
+                if !self.char_buffer.is_empty() {
+                    self.handler.characters(&self.char_buffer);
+                    self.char_buffer.clear();
+                }
                 self.advance()?;
                 if self.current == '!' {
                     self.skip_comment()?;
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ impl<'a> SAXParser<'a> {
                 } else {
                     self.parse_end_element()?;
                 }
+            } else {
+                self.char_buffer.push(self.current);
+                self.advance()?;
             }
         }
         self.handler.end_document();
diff --git a/tests/xml/resources/characters.xml b/tests/xml/resources/characters.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc903a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/xml/resources/characters.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<element>Hello World</element>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/xml/sax_parser_test.rs b/tests/xml/sax_parser_test.rs
index b229229..edd8dbd 100644
--- a/tests/xml/sax_parser_test.rs
+++ b/tests/xml/sax_parser_test.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ fn test_namespace_prefixes() {
     assert_eq!(testhandler.mappings["covers"], "http://example.com/covers");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn characters(){
+    let test_xml = include_str!("resources/characters.xml");
+    let mut testhandler = TestHandler::new();
+    parse_string(test_xml.to_string(), Box::new(&mut testhandler))
+        .expect("Failed to parse test xml");
+    assert_eq!(testhandler.characters[0], "Hello World");
+}
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct TestHandler {
     start_document_called: usize,
@@ -141,6 +149,7 @@ struct TestHandler {
     end_element_called: usize,
     elements: Vec<String>,
     mappings: HashMap<String, String>,
+    characters: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl TestHandler {
@@ -152,6 +161,7 @@ impl TestHandler {
             end_element_called: 0,
             elements: vec![],
             mappings: HashMap::new(),
+            characters: vec![],
         }
     }
 }
@@ -192,8 +202,8 @@ impl SaxHandler for TestHandler {
         self.end_element_called += 1;
     }
 
-    fn characters(&mut self, _chars: &[char]) {
-        todo!()
+    fn characters(&mut self, chars: &[char]) {
+        self.characters.push(chars.iter().cloned().collect());
     }
 
     fn error(&mut self, _error: &str) {