diff --git a/ls8/cpu.py b/ls8/cpu.py
index 9a307496e..3ee3b4187 100644
--- a/ls8/cpu.py
+++ b/ls8/cpu.py
@@ -7,33 +7,93 @@ class CPU:
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Construct a new CPU."""
-        pass
+        self.ram = [0] * 256
+        self.reg = [0] * 8 
+        self.sp = 7
+        self.reg[self.sp] = 0xF4 # Stack pointer starts at F4 or 244 in RAM
+        self.pc = 0 # Program Counter, address of the currently executing instruction
+        self.ir = 0 # Instruction Register, contains a copy of the currently executing instruction
+        self.op_table = {
+                        0b10000010 : self.ldi, 
+                        0b01000111 : self.prn, 
+                        0b10100010 : self.mult,
+                        0b00000001 : self.hlt,
+                        0b01000101 : self.push,
+                        0b01000110 : self.pop,
+                        0b01010000 : self.call, 
+                        0b00010001 : self.ret,
+                        0b10100000 : self.add}
 
     def load(self):
         """Load a program into memory."""
 
         address = 0
 
-        # For now, we've just hardcoded a program:
-
-        program = [
-            # From print8.ls8
-            0b10000010, # LDI R0,8
-            0b00000000,
-            0b00001000,
-            0b01000111, # PRN R0
-            0b00000000,
-            0b00000001, # HLT
-        ]
-
-        for instruction in program:
-            self.ram[address] = instruction
-            address += 1
-
+        file = open('examples/call.ls8',  "r")
+        for line in file.readlines():
+            #load a line into memory (not including comments)
+            try:
+                x = line[:line.index("#")]
+            except ValueError:
+                x = line
+           
+            try: 
+                #convert binary to decimal
+                y = int(x, 2)
+                self.ram[address] = y
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            address+=1
+    
+    def ldi(self, op_a, op_b):
+        self.reg[op_a] = op_b
+
+    def mult(self, op_a, op_b):
+        self.reg[op_a] = self.reg[op_a] * self.reg[op_b]
+    
+    # Push the value in the given register on the stack.
+    def push(self, op_a, op_b):        
+        self.reg[self.sp] -= 1
+        self.ram[self.reg[self.sp]] = self.reg[op_a]
+    
+    # Pop the value at the top of the stack into the given register.
+    def pop(self, op_a, op_b):
+        self.reg[op_a] = self.ram[self.reg[self.sp]]
+        self.reg[self.sp] += 1
+
+    # Sets the PC to the register value
+    def call(self, op_a, op_b):
+        # address of instruction after call is pushed on to the stack
+        self.reg[self.sp] -= 1
+        self.ram[self.reg[self.sp]] = self.pc + 2
+        # set PC to value stored in given register
+        self.pc = self.reg[op_a]
+        return True
+    
+    def ret(self, op_a, op_b):
+        # pop value from stack into register op_a 
+        self.pop(op_a, 0)
+        self.pc = self.reg[op_a]
+        return True
+
+    def add(self, op_a, op_b):
+        self.reg[op_a] = self.reg[op_a] + self.reg[op_b]
+
+    # accept memory address to read read and return the value stored there
+    def ram_read(self, address):
+        return self.ram[address]
+    
+    def ram_write(self, value, address):
+        self.ram[address] = value
+    
+    def prn(self, op_a, op_b):
+        print(self.reg[op_a])
+
+    def hlt(self, op_a, op_b):
+        sys.exit()
 
     def alu(self, op, reg_a, reg_b):
         """ALU operations."""
-
         if op == "ADD":
             self.reg[reg_a] += self.reg[reg_b]
         #elif op == "SUB": etc
@@ -41,11 +101,13 @@ def alu(self, op, reg_a, reg_b):
             raise Exception("Unsupported ALU operation")
 
     def trace(self):
+        
         """
         Handy function to print out the CPU state. You might want to call this
         from run() if you need help debugging.
-        """
 
+        """
+        
         print(f"TRACE: %02X | %02X %02X %02X |" % (
             self.pc,
             #self.fl,
@@ -62,4 +124,15 @@ def trace(self):
 
     def run(self):
         """Run the CPU."""
-        pass
+        #internal register
+        while True:
+            self.ir = self.ram[self.pc]
+            op_a = self.ram[self.pc + 1]
+            op_b = self.ram[self.pc + 2]
+
+            willJump = self.op_table[self.ir](op_a, op_b)
+
+            #self.ir is current address, shift right by 6 elements to find
+            #amount of arguments that this function takes
+            if not willJump:
+                self.pc += (self.ir >> 6) + 1;
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