diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/pom.xml b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/pom.xml
index af357ead1..90e2573db 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/pom.xml
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
+		<!-- Eclipse JDT for parsing (at the moment) -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.core</artifactId>
+			<version>3.12.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/completions/BootJavaCompletionEngine.java b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/completions/BootJavaCompletionEngine.java
index 95f3775fc..77d71387a 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/completions/BootJavaCompletionEngine.java
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/completions/BootJavaCompletionEngine.java
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.completions;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.CompletionItemKind;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.completion.DocumentEdits;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.AST;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTParser;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.NodeFinder;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.completion.ICompletionEngine;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.completion.ICompletionProposal;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.Renderable;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.Renderables;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.IDocument;
 
 public class BootJavaCompletionEngine implements ICompletionEngine {
@@ -28,45 +31,31 @@ public class BootJavaCompletionEngine implements ICompletionEngine {
 	@Override
 	public Collection<ICompletionProposal> getCompletions(IDocument document, int offset) throws Exception {
 		List<ICompletionProposal> completions = new ArrayList<>();
-		
-		ICompletionProposal proposal = new ICompletionProposal() {
-			
-			@Override
-			public DocumentEdits getTextEdit() {
-				DocumentEdits edits = new DocumentEdits(document);
-				edits.insert(0, "my noew java code from spring boot completions!!!");
-				
-				return edits;
-			}
-			
-			@Override
-			public String getLabel() {
-				return "Do a great Spring Boot Java Code completion";
-			}
-			
-			@Override
-			public CompletionItemKind getKind() {
-				return CompletionItemKind.Text;
-			}
-			
-			@Override
-			public Renderable getDocumentation() {
-				return Renderables.text("this describes the Boot Java completion in more detail");
-			}
-			
-			@Override
-			public String getDetail() {
-				return "and here are the details";
-			}
-			
-			@Override
-			public ICompletionProposal deemphasize() {
-				return null;
-			}
-		};
-		
-		completions.add(proposal);
-		
+
+		System.out.println("create parser");
+
+		ASTParser parser = ASTParser.newParser(AST.JLS8);
+		Map<String, String> options = JavaCore.getOptions();
+		JavaCore.setComplianceOptions(JavaCore.VERSION_1_8, options);
+		parser.setCompilerOptions(options);
+		parser.setKind(ASTParser.K_COMPILATION_UNIT);
+		parser.setStatementsRecovery(true);
+		parser.setBindingsRecovery(true);
+
+		System.out.println("set source");
+
+		parser.setSource(document.get(0, document.getLength()).toCharArray());
+
+		System.out.println("start parse");
+
+		CompilationUnit cu = (CompilationUnit) parser.createAST(null);
+
+		System.out.println("end parse");
+
+		ASTNode node = NodeFinder.perform(cu, offset, 0);
+
+		System.out.println("AST node found: " + node.getClass().getName());
+
 		return completions;
 	}