diff --git a/src/std/parser.c b/src/std/parser.c
index 6f38228..355f97e 100644
--- a/src/std/parser.c
+++ b/src/std/parser.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ void ARC_Parser_Create(ARC_Parser **parser, ARC_Array *language, ARC_Parser_Init
         (*parser)->language.data = malloc(sizeof(ARC_ParserLanguageTag) * language->size);
 
         memcpy((*parser)->language.data, language->data, sizeof(ARC_ParserLanguageTag) * language->size);
+        for(uint32_t index = 0; index < language->size; index++){
+            ARC_ParserLanguageTag *languageTag = ((ARC_ParserLanguageTag *)language->data) + index;
+            ARC_ParserLanguageTag *currentTag  = ((ARC_ParserLanguageTag *)(*parser)->language.data) + index;
+
+            //copy the currentTag's tokenOrTags
+            memcpy(currentTag->tokensOrTags, languageTag->tokensOrTags,  languageTag->tokensOrTagsSize);
+        }
     }
 
     //create the lexer
@@ -39,6 +46,13 @@ void ARC_Parser_CreateFromString(ARC_Parser **parser, ARC_String *languageString
 }
 
 void ARC_Parser_Destroy(ARC_Parser *parser){
+    //clear all the copied token or tags from memory
+    for(uint32_t index = 0; index < parser->language.size; index++){
+        ARC_ParserLanguageTag *currentTag  = ((ARC_ParserLanguageTag *)parser->language.data) + index;
+        free(currentTag->tokensOrTags);
+    }
+
+    //clear the copied language from memory
     free(parser->language.data);
 
     ARC_Lexer_Destroy(parser->lexer);