diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa5f36a..8cfad81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Project-specific
 ab/
+anders_briegel
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/abp.py b/abp.py
index 911a59b..2c45ac0 100644
--- a/abp.py
+++ b/abp.py
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 from clifford import *
 
-""" 
-Porting Anders and Briegel to Python 
 """
+Porting Anders and Briegel to Python
+"""
+
+stab_rep = {None: "-", 0: "X", 1: "Y", 2: "Z"}
+
+class Stabilizer(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, graph):
+        self.paulis = [[None for i in range(graph.nqubits)]
+                       for j in range(graph.nqubits)]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "\n".join(" ".join(stab_rep[x] for x in row) for row in self.paulis)
+
 
 class Vertex(object):
 
     def __init__(self, index):
         self.index = index
-        self.vertex_operator = lco_h;
+        self.vertex_operator = lco_h
         self.neighbors = set()
 
     def edgelist(self):
@@ -21,6 +33,7 @@ class Vertex(object):
 class GraphRegister(object):
 
     def __init__(self, n):
+        self.nqubits = n
         self.vertices = [Vertex(i) for i in xrange(n)]
 
     def add_edge(self, v1, v2):
@@ -38,12 +51,13 @@ class GraphRegister(object):
             self.add_edge(v1, v2)
 
     def edgelist(self):
-       return map(tuple, frozenset(frozenset((v.index, n)) 
-           for v in self.vertices 
-           for n in v.neighbors))
+        return map(tuple, frozenset(frozenset((v.index, n))
+                                    for v in self.vertices
+                                    for n in v.neighbors))
 
     def __str__(self, ):
-        return "\n".join(str(v) for v in self.vertices if len(v.neighbors) > 0)
+        return "\n".join(str(v) for v in self.vertices
+                         if len(v.neighbors) > 0)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     g = GraphRegister(10)
diff --git a/tests/test_stabilizer.py b/tests/test_stabilizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5af3cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_stabilizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from nose import with_setup
+import abp
+
+def setup():
+    global g
+    g = abp.GraphRegister(10)
+    g.add_edge(0,1)
+    g.add_edge(1,2)
+    g.add_edge(2,0)
+
+@with_setup(setup)
+def test_adding():
+    s = abp.Stabilizer(g)
+    print s
+