diff --git a/09/input/tiles.txt b/09/input/tiles.txt
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diff --git a/09/main.py b/09/main.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae27e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/09/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from logging import debug, DEBUG, basicConfig
+from sys import argv
+
+
+def parse_input(input_filepath: str) -> list[tuple[int]]:
+    output: tuple[list[tuple[int, int]], list[int]] = ([], [])
+
+    with open(file=input_filepath, mode="r") as input_file:
+        input_data: list[str] = input_file.readlines()
+
+    debug(f"\n\nRAW INPUT: {input_data}\n\n")
+
+    return [tuple([int(x) for x in line.strip().split(",") if x]) for line in input_data if line.strip()]
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input_filepath = "input/tiles.txt"
+    input_tiles = parse_input(input_filepath)
+    debug(input_tiles)
+    return
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if "-d" in argv or "--debug" in argv:
+        basicConfig(filename="debug.log", level=DEBUG)
+    main()
+    exit(0)