diff --git a/src/minishell.h b/src/minishell.h
index 488b30b..d7f989c 100644
--- a/src/minishell.h
+++ b/src/minishell.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 /*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
 /*   minishell.h                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
 /*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
-/*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*   By: jguelen <jguelen@student.42.fr>            +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
-/*   Created: 2025/03/28 14:55/31 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/03/28 14:55:31 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Created: 2025/03/28 14:55:31 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/28 16:42:57 by jguelen          ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ typedef enum e_cmd_type
 typedef struct s_cmd
 {
 	t_cmd_type	type;
+	/*
+	** flags will probably be useless to us for now.
+	*/
 	int			flags;
 	/*
 	** Line number the command starts on -> will probably be unused.
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ typedef struct s_cmd
 
 typedef enum e_connector
 {
+	FT_INVALID_CONNECTOR,
 	FT_PIPE,
 	FT_AND,
 	FT_OR,
diff --git a/src/parser/remove_quotes/remove_quotes.c b/src/parser/remove_quotes/remove_quotes.c
index d2e3c34..215c50d 100644
--- a/src/parser/remove_quotes/remove_quotes.c
+++ b/src/parser/remove_quotes/remove_quotes.c
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 /*                                                        :::      ::::::::   */
 /*   remove_quotes.c                                    :+:      :+:    :+:   */
 /*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
-/*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
+/*   By: jguelen <jguelen@student.42.fr>            +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/28 13:52:02 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/03/07 11:20:48 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/28 16:05:25 by jguelen          ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #include "../matchers/quote.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+static bool	is_ignore_mark(char c)
+{
+	if (c == '\'' || c == '"' || c == '$' || c == '&')
+		return (true);
+	return (false);
+}
+
 /*
 ** use the marker in the given worddesc to create a new worddesc by removing
 ** unquoted quotes.
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ t_worddesc	*remove_quotes(t_worddesc *word)
 	i = 0;
 	while (word->word[i] != '\0')
 	{
-		if (!is_quote(word->word[i]) || is_quote(word->marker[i]))
+		if (!is_quote(word->word[i]) || is_ignore_mark(word->marker[i]))
 			buf = ft_buffer_pushchar(buf, word->word[i]);
 		i++;
 	}