diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG b/docs/CHANGELOG
index 33753fc..c0b06ca 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-27-04-2024  René Huiberts  <rhuibertsjr@gmail.com>
+27-04-2024  René Huiberts  <rhuibertsjr@gmail.com>
+
+	Added: simplified boyer–moore string-search algorithm
+
+27-04-2024  René Huiberts  <rhuibertsjr@gmail.com>
 
 	Added: ASCII string api
 
-27-04-2024  René Huiberts  <rhuibertsjr@gmail.com>
+27-04-2024  René Huiberts  <rhuibertsjr@gmail.com>
 
 	Added: project layout
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index fb91a63..c18c367 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,17 +1,46 @@
 #include "base.h"
 #include "arena.h"
+#include "string.h"
 #include "win32_platform.h"
 
 #include "arena.c"
+#include "string.c"
 #include "win32_platform.c"
 
 int
 main(void)
 {
-  Arena *arena = arena_initialize_default();
+  String8 input = str8_lit("Hello world");
+  String8 pattern = str8_lit("wor");
 
-  /* lifetime of objects */
+  if (pattern.length <= 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  for (u64 index = pattern.length; index < input.length; index += 1)
+  {
+    u8* ptr_input   = input.str + index - 1;
+    u8* ptr_pattern = pattern.str + pattern.length - 1;
+
+    for (u64 jndex = 1; jndex != pattern.length; jndex += 1)
+    {
+      ptr_input -= 1;
+      ptr_pattern -= 1;
+
+      u8 char_input = *ptr_input;
+      u8 char_pattern = *ptr_pattern;
+
+      if (char_input == char_pattern)
+      {
+        if (jndex == pattern.length - 1)
+          printf("Pattern is found.\n");
+
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      break;
+    }
+
+  }
 
-  arena_release(arena);
   return 0;
 }