diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 38004fd..496a3c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
 quote = "1.0"
-syn = "2.0.90"
\ No newline at end of file
+syn = "2.0.90"
+naga = { version = "23.0.0", features = ["wgsl-in"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e7e7a05..94b0cc2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,24 +1,68 @@
 #![feature(proc_macro_span)]
 
 use {
+    naga::front::wgsl,
     proc_macro::TokenStream,
     quote::quote,
-    std::{fs, path::PathBuf},
+    std::fs,
     syn::{parse, LitStr},
 };
 
-fn emit_create_shader_module(file_contents: &str) -> TokenStream {
-    quote! {
-        wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
-            label: None,
-            source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(#file_contents)),
-        }
+struct ShaderModule {
+    source_file: std::path::PathBuf,
+    source_text: String,
+    naga_module: naga::Module,
+}
+
+impl ShaderModule {
+    fn try_new(source_file: impl Into<std::path::PathBuf>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let source_file = source_file.into();
+        let source_text = fs::read_to_string(&source_file).map_err(|err| {
+            Error::from_message(format!(
+                "Could not open \"{}\": {}",
+                &source_file.as_os_str().to_string_lossy(),
+                err
+            ))
+        })?;
+
+        let naga_module = wgsl::parse_str(&source_text).map_err(|err| {
+            if let Some(location) = err.location(&source_text) {
+                Error::Message(format!(
+                    "Error in {} at line {}, column {}:\n{}",
+                    &source_file.as_os_str().to_string_lossy(),
+                    location.line_number,
+                    location.line_position,
+                    err.message()
+                ))
+            } else {
+                Error::Message(format!(
+                    "Error in {}:\n{}",
+                    &source_file.as_os_str().to_string_lossy(),
+                    err.message()
+                ))
+            }
+        })?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            source_file,
+            source_text,
+            naga_module,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn emit_rust_code(&self) -> TokenStream {
+        let source_text = &self.source_text;
+        quote! {
+            wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+                label: None,
+                source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(#source_text)),
+            }
+        }
+        .into()
     }
-    .into()
 }
 
 struct WgslModuleMacroInput {
-    source_dir: PathBuf,
+    source_dir: std::path::PathBuf,
     filename: String,
 }
 
@@ -58,20 +102,17 @@ fn parse_input(token_stream: TokenStream) -> Result<WgslModuleMacroInput, Error>
 fn wgsl_module_inner(input_token_stream: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
     let input = parse_input(input_token_stream)?;
     let full_filename = input.source_dir.join(&input.filename);
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&full_filename).map_err(|err| {
-        Error::from_message(format!(
-            "Could not open \"{}\": {}",
-            &full_filename.as_os_str().to_string_lossy(),
-            err.to_string()
-        ))
-    })?;
-    Ok(emit_create_shader_module(&contents))
+    let module = ShaderModule::try_new(full_filename)?;
+    Ok(module.emit_rust_code())
 }
 
 #[proc_macro]
 pub fn wgsl_module(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    wgsl_module_inner(input).unwrap_or_else(|err| match err {
-        Error::Message(message) => quote! { compile_error!(#message) },
-        Error::SynError(syn_err) => syn_err.into_compile_error(),
-    }.into())
+    wgsl_module_inner(input).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        match err {
+            Error::Message(message) => quote! { compile_error!(#message) },
+            Error::SynError(syn_err) => syn_err.into_compile_error(),
+        }
+        .into()
+    })
 }