diff --git a/src/css/style.css b/src/css/style.css
index 2ff3cb2..ab76e98 100644
--- a/src/css/style.css
+++ b/src/css/style.css
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ a:visited {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
   min-width: 600px;
-  width: 45%;
+  width: 70%;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
   padding: 0;
diff --git a/src/engine/TheAbstractionEngine.ts b/src/engine/TheAbstractionEngine.ts
index 9ea5b90..30c3422 100644
--- a/src/engine/TheAbstractionEngine.ts
+++ b/src/engine/TheAbstractionEngine.ts
@@ -55,15 +55,10 @@ export class TheAbstractionEngine {
     const player = new Player();
     this.game.addEntity(player);
 
-    const box = new FunctionBox({ x: 3, y: 1 }, "λ x . (x)");
-    this.game.addEntity(box);
-    const box2 = new FunctionBox({ x: 4, y: 1 }, "λ x . (x)");
-    this.game.addEntity(box2);
-
     const wall = new Wall({ x: 5, y: 3 });
     this.game.addEntity(wall);
 
-    const factory = new LambdaFactory({ x: 6, y: 6 }, "λ x . (x)", 10);
+    const factory = new LambdaFactory({ x: 6, y: 6 }, "(λ (x) . x)", 10);
     this.game.addEntity(factory);
 
     const lockedDoor = new LockedDoor({ x: 8, y: 8 });
diff --git a/src/engine/entities/LambdaFactory.ts b/src/engine/entities/LambdaFactory.ts
index 4861c6b..0721f80 100644
--- a/src/engine/entities/LambdaFactory.ts
+++ b/src/engine/entities/LambdaFactory.ts
@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ export class LambdaFactory extends Entity {
   private codeEditor(code: string) {
     return `
       <div>
-        <textarea id="code" autofocus="autofocus" rows="10" cols="50">
-        ${code}
-        </textarea>
+        <textarea id="code" rows="10" cols="50">${code}</textarea>
         <button id="close-modal">Close</button>
       </div>
    `;
diff --git a/src/interpreter/SymbolTable.ts b/src/interpreter/SymbolTable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2ff7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interpreter/SymbolTable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+export class UndefinedSymbolError extends Error {}
+
+export class SymbolTable {
+  private knownSymbols: Set<string>;
+  private parent: SymbolTable | null;
+  private depth: number;
+
+  constructor(parent: SymbolTable | null = null) {
+    this.knownSymbols = new Set();
+    this.parent = parent;
+    this.depth = parent ? parent.getDepth() + 1 : 0;
+  }
+
+  public getDepth() {
+    return this.depth;
+  }
+
+  public add(name: string) {
+    this.knownSymbols.add(name);
+  }
+
+  public get(name: string): number {
+    if (this.knownSymbols.has(name)) {
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (this.parent) {
+      return 1 + this.parent.get(name);
+    }
+
+    throw new UndefinedSymbolError(`Undefined variable: ${name}`);
+  }
+
+  public has(name: string): boolean {
+    if (this.knownSymbols.has(name)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (this.parent) {
+      return this.parent.has(name);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public createChild(): SymbolTable {
+    return new SymbolTable(this);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/interpreter/index.ts b/src/interpreter/index.ts
index 20d0327..838253b 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/index.ts
+++ b/src/interpreter/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./parser";
 export * from "./interpreter";
+export * from "./SymbolTable";
diff --git a/src/interpreter/interpreter.ts b/src/interpreter/interpreter.ts
index c16984f..0b3ae34 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/interpreter.ts
+++ b/src/interpreter/interpreter.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,255 @@
-import { parse, type LambdaTerm } from ".";
+import {
+  parse,
+  type LambdaTerm,
+  isVariable,
+  isApplication,
+  isAbstraction,
+  SymbolTable,
+} from ".";
 
-export const evaluate = (_term: LambdaTerm): LambdaTerm => {
-  return "";
+export class InvalidLambdaTermError extends Error {}
+
+export type DebrujinAbstraction = {
+  abstraction: {
+    param: string;
+    body: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm;
+  };
 };
 
-export const interpret = (term: string): LambdaTerm => {
+export type DebrujinApplication = {
+  application: {
+    left: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm;
+    args: Array<DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm>;
+  };
+};
+
+export type DebrujinIndex = { name: string; index: number };
+
+export type DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm =
+  | DebrujinAbstraction
+  | DebrujinApplication
+  | DebrujinIndex;
+
+export const debrujinify = (
+  term: LambdaTerm,
+  symbolTable: SymbolTable,
+): DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm => {
+  if (isVariable(term)) {
+    if (!symbolTable.has(term)) {
+      throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(`Undefined variable: ${term}`);
+    }
+    return { index: symbolTable.get(term), name: term };
+  }
+
+  if (isAbstraction(term)) {
+    const newSymbolTable = symbolTable.createChild();
+    newSymbolTable.add(term.abstraction.param);
+
+    const { body, param } = term.abstraction;
+    return {
+      abstraction: {
+        param,
+        body: debrujinify(body, newSymbolTable),
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (isApplication(term)) {
+    const { left, args } = term.application;
+    return {
+      application: {
+        left: debrujinify(left, symbolTable),
+        args: args.map((arg) => debrujinify(arg, symbolTable)),
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(
+    `Invalid lambda term: ${JSON.stringify(term)}`,
+  );
+};
+
+export const substitute = (
+  inTerm: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm,
+  index: number,
+  withTerm: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm,
+): DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm => {
+  if ("index" in inTerm) {
+    if (inTerm.index > index) {
+      return adjustIndices(inTerm, -1);
+    }
+    if (index === inTerm.index) {
+      return withTerm;
+    }
+    return inTerm;
+  }
+
+  if ("application" in inTerm) {
+    const { left, args } = inTerm.application;
+
+    return {
+      application: {
+        left: substitute(left, index, withTerm),
+        args: args.map((arg) => substitute(arg, index, withTerm)),
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  if ("abstraction" in inTerm) {
+    const { param, body } = inTerm.abstraction;
+    const newBody = substitute(body, index + 1, withTerm);
+
+    return {
+      abstraction: {
+        param,
+        body: newBody,
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(
+    `Invalid lambda term: ${JSON.stringify(inTerm)}`,
+  );
+};
+
+export const adjustIndices = (
+  term: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm,
+  delta: number,
+): DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm => {
+  if ("index" in term) {
+    return {
+      ...term,
+      index: term.index + delta,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if ("application" in term) {
+    const { left, args } = term.application;
+
+    return {
+      application: {
+        left: adjustIndices(left, delta),
+        args: args.map((arg) => adjustIndices(arg, delta)),
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  if ("abstraction" in term) {
+    const { body, param } = term.abstraction;
+
+    return {
+      abstraction: {
+        body: adjustIndices(body, delta),
+        param,
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(
+    `Invalid lambda term: ${JSON.stringify(term)}`,
+  );
+};
+
+export const betaReduce = (
+  term: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm,
+): DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm => {
+  if ("index" in term) {
+    return term;
+  }
+
+  if ("abstraction" in term) {
+    const { body, param } = term.abstraction;
+
+    return {
+      abstraction: {
+        body: betaReduce(body),
+        param,
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  if ("application" in term) {
+    const { left } = term.application;
+    const args = term.application.args.map(betaReduce);
+
+    return args.reduce((acc: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm, x) => {
+      if ("abstraction" in acc) {
+        const { body } = acc.abstraction;
+        const newBody = substitute(body, 1, x);
+        return newBody;
+      }
+      if ("application" in acc) {
+        const {
+          application: { left, args },
+        } = acc;
+        return {
+          application: {
+            left,
+            args: [...args, x],
+          },
+        };
+      }
+      return { application: { left: acc, args: [x] } };
+    }, left);
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(
+    `Invalid lambda term: ${JSON.stringify(term)}`,
+  );
+};
+
+export const interpret = (term: string): DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm => {
   const ast = parse(term);
-  return evaluate(ast);
+  const symbolTable = new SymbolTable();
+  const debrujined = debrujinify(ast, symbolTable);
+
+  let prev = debrujined;
+  let next = betaReduce(prev);
+
+  while (emitDebrujin(prev) !== emitDebrujin(next)) {
+    // alpha equivalence
+    prev = next;
+    next = betaReduce(prev);
+  }
+  return next;
+};
+
+export const emitDebrujin = (term: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm): string => {
+  if ("index" in term) {
+    return term.index.toString();
+  }
+
+  if ("abstraction" in term) {
+    return `λ.${emitDebrujin(term.abstraction.body)}`;
+  }
+
+  if ("application" in term) {
+    return `(${emitDebrujin(term.application.left)} ${term.application.args
+      .map(emitDebrujin)
+      .join(" ")})`;
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(
+    `Invalid lambda term: ${JSON.stringify(term)}`,
+  );
+};
+
+export const emitNamed = (term: DebrujinifiedLambdaTerm): string => {
+  if ("name" in term) {
+    return term.name;
+  }
+
+  if ("abstraction" in term) {
+    return `(λ (${term.abstraction.param}) . ${emitNamed(
+      term.abstraction.body,
+    )})`;
+  }
+
+  if ("application" in term) {
+    return `(${emitNamed(term.application.left)} ${term.application.args
+      .map(emitNamed)
+      .join(" ")})`;
+  }
+
+  throw new InvalidLambdaTermError(`Invalid lambda term: ${term}`);
 };