diff --git a/dbus-interface.c b/dbus-interface.c
index e9409ab..5e965f6 100644
--- a/dbus-interface.c
+++ b/dbus-interface.c
@@ -545,17 +545,17 @@ zathura_dbus_goto_page_and_highlight(const char* filename, unsigned int page,
 }
 
 bool
-zathura_dbus_synctex_position(const char* filename, const char* position,
-                              pid_t hint)
+zathura_dbus_synctex_position(const char* filename, const char* input_file,
+                              int line, int column, pid_t hint)
 {
-  if (filename == NULL || position == NULL) {
+  if (filename == NULL || input_file == NULL) {
     return false;
   }
 
   unsigned int page = 0;
   girara_list_t* secondary_rects = NULL;
   girara_list_t* rectangles = synctex_rectangles_from_position(
-      filename, position, &page, &secondary_rects);
+      filename, input_file, line, column, &page, &secondary_rects);
   if (rectangles == NULL) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/dbus-interface.h b/dbus-interface.h
index 4e0f929..1f5b2c5 100644
--- a/dbus-interface.h
+++ b/dbus-interface.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bool zathura_dbus_goto_page_and_highlight(const char* filename,
     unsigned int page, girara_list_t* rectangles, girara_list_t* secondary_rects,
     pid_t pidhint);
 
-bool zathura_dbus_synctex_position(const char* filename, const char* position,
-    pid_t pidhint);
+bool zathura_dbus_synctex_position(const char* filename, const char* input_file,
+    int line, int column, pid_t hint);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 002860e..4762371 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -106,11 +106,25 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
       return -1;
     }
 
-    if (zathura_dbus_synctex_position(real_path, synctex_fwd, synctex_pid) == true) {
+    char** split_fwd = g_strsplit(synctex_fwd, ":", 0);
+    if (split_fwd == NULL || split_fwd[0] == NULL || split_fwd[1] == NULL ||
+        split_fwd[2] == NULL || split_fwd[3] != NULL) {
+      girara_error("Failed to parse argument to --synctex-forward.");
+      free(real_path);
+      g_strfreev(split_fwd);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    const int line = MIN(INT_MAX, g_ascii_strtoll(split_fwd[0], NULL, 10));
+    const int column = MIN(INT_MAX, g_ascii_strtoll(split_fwd[1], NULL, 10));
+    const bool ret = zathura_dbus_synctex_position(real_path, split_fwd[2], line, column, synctex_pid);
+    g_strfreev(split_fwd);
+
+    if (ret == true) {
       free(real_path);
       return 0;
     } else {
-      girara_error("Could not find open instance for '%s' or got no usable output from 'synctex view'.", real_path);
+      girara_error("Could not find open instance for '%s' or got no usable data from synctex.", real_path);
       free(real_path);
       return -1;
     }
diff --git a/synctex.c b/synctex.c
index 949ac54..d6a8073 100644
--- a/synctex.c
+++ b/synctex.c
@@ -9,43 +9,7 @@
 #include "document.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-enum {
-  SYNCTEX_RESULT_BEGIN = 1,
-  SYNCTEX_RESULT_END,
-  SYNCTEX_PROP_PAGE,
-  SYNCTEX_PROP_H,
-  SYNCTEX_PROP_V,
-  SYNCTEX_PROP_WIDTH,
-  SYNCTEX_PROP_HEIGHT,
-};
-
-typedef struct token_s {
-  const char* name;
-  guint token;
-} token_t;
-
-static token_t scanner_tokens[] = {
-  {"SyncTeX result begin", SYNCTEX_RESULT_BEGIN},
-  {"SyncTeX result end", SYNCTEX_RESULT_END},
-  {"Page:", SYNCTEX_PROP_PAGE},
-  {"h:", SYNCTEX_PROP_H},
-  {"v:", SYNCTEX_PROP_V},
-  {"W:", SYNCTEX_PROP_WIDTH},
-  {"H:", SYNCTEX_PROP_HEIGHT},
-  {NULL, 0}
-};
-
-static GScannerConfig scanner_config = {
-  .cset_skip_characters  = "\n\r",
-  .cset_identifier_first = G_CSET_a_2_z G_CSET_A_2_Z,
-  .cset_identifier_nth   = G_CSET_a_2_z G_CSET_A_2_Z ": ",
-  .cpair_comment_single  = NULL,
-  .case_sensitive        = TRUE,
-  .scan_identifier       = TRUE,
-  .scan_symbols          = TRUE,
-  .scan_float            = TRUE,
-  .numbers_2_int         = TRUE,
-};
+#include "synctex/synctex_parser.h"
 
 void
 synctex_edit(zathura_t* zathura, zathura_page_t* page, int x, int y)
@@ -84,192 +48,72 @@ synctex_edit(zathura_t* zathura, zathura_page_t* page, int x, int y)
   g_strfreev(argv);
 }
 
-static double
-scan_float(GScanner* scanner)
-{
-  switch (g_scanner_get_next_token(scanner)) {
-    case G_TOKEN_FLOAT:
-      return g_scanner_cur_value(scanner).v_float;
-    case G_TOKEN_INT:
-      return g_scanner_cur_value(scanner).v_int;
-    default:
-      return 0.0;
-  }
-}
-
 girara_list_t*
-synctex_rectangles_from_position(const char* filename, const char* position,
-                                 unsigned int* page,
+synctex_rectangles_from_position(const char* filename, const char* input_file,
+                                 int line, int column, unsigned int* page,
                                  girara_list_t** secondary_rects)
 {
-  if (filename == NULL || position == NULL || page == NULL) {
+  if (filename == NULL || input_file == NULL || page == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  char** argv = g_try_malloc0(sizeof(char*) * 7);
-  if (argv == NULL) {
+  synctex_scanner_t scanner = synctex_scanner_new_with_output_file(filename, NULL, 1);
+  if (scanner == NULL) {
+    girara_debug("Failed to create synctex scanner.");
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  argv[0] = g_strdup("synctex");
-  argv[1] = g_strdup("view");
-  argv[2] = g_strdup("-i");
-  argv[3] = g_strdup(position);
-  argv[4] = g_strdup("-o");
-  argv[5] = g_strdup(filename);
-
-  gint output = -1;
-  bool ret = g_spawn_async_with_pipes(NULL, argv, NULL,
-      G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-      &output, NULL, NULL);
-  g_strfreev(argv);
-
-  if (ret == false) {
-    return false;
+  synctex_scanner_t temp = synctex_scanner_parse(scanner);
+  if (temp == NULL) {
+    girara_debug("Failed to parse synctex file.");
+    synctex_scanner_free(scanner);
+    return NULL;
   }
 
-  GScanner* scanner = g_scanner_new(&scanner_config);
-  token_t* tokens = scanner_tokens;
-  while (tokens->name != NULL) {
-    g_scanner_add_symbol(scanner, tokens->name, GINT_TO_POINTER(tokens->token));
-    tokens++;
-  }
-
-  g_scanner_input_file(scanner, output);
-
-  bool found_begin = false, found_end = false;
-  while (found_begin == false && found_end == false) {
-    switch (g_scanner_get_next_token(scanner)) {
-      case G_TOKEN_EOF:
-        found_end = true;
-        break;
-
-      case G_TOKEN_SYMBOL:
-        switch (GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_scanner_cur_value(scanner).v_identifier)) {
-          case SYNCTEX_RESULT_BEGIN:
-            found_begin = true;
-            break;
-        }
-        break;
-
-      default:
-        /* skip everything else */
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  ret                        = false;
-  unsigned int rpage         = 0;
-  unsigned int current_page  = 0;
   girara_list_t* hitlist     = girara_list_new2(g_free);
   girara_list_t* other_rects = girara_list_new2(g_free);
-  bool got_rect              = false;
-  zathura_rectangle_t rectangle;
 
-  while (found_end == false) {
-    switch (g_scanner_get_next_token(scanner)) {
-      case G_TOKEN_EOF:
-        found_end = true;
-        break;
+  if (synctex_display_query(scanner, input_file, line, column) > 0) {
+    synctex_node_t node        = NULL;
+    bool got_page              = false;
 
-      case G_TOKEN_SYMBOL:
-        switch (GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_scanner_cur_value(scanner).v_identifier)) {
-          case SYNCTEX_RESULT_END:
-            found_end = true;
-            break;
-
-          case SYNCTEX_PROP_PAGE:
-            if (g_scanner_get_next_token(scanner) == G_TOKEN_INT) {
-              current_page = g_scanner_cur_value(scanner).v_int - 1;
-              if (ret == false) {
-                ret = true;
-                rpage = current_page;
-              }
-
-              if (got_rect == false) {
-                continue;
-              }
-              got_rect = false;
-
-              if (*page == current_page) {
-                zathura_rectangle_t* real_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(zathura_rectangle_t));
-                if (real_rect == NULL) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
-                *real_rect = rectangle;
-                girara_list_append(hitlist, real_rect);
-              } else {
-                synctex_page_rect_t* page_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(synctex_page_rect_t));
-                if (page_rect == NULL) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
-                page_rect->page = current_page;
-                page_rect->rect = rectangle;
-
-                girara_list_append(other_rects, page_rect);
-              }
-            }
-            break;
-
-          case SYNCTEX_PROP_H:
-            rectangle.x1 = scan_float(scanner);
-            got_rect     = true;
-            break;
-
-            case SYNCTEX_PROP_V:
-            rectangle.y2 = scan_float(scanner);
-            got_rect     = true;
-            break;
-
-            case SYNCTEX_PROP_WIDTH:
-            rectangle.x2 = rectangle.x1 + scan_float(scanner);
-            got_rect     = true;
-            break;
-
-            case SYNCTEX_PROP_HEIGHT:
-            rectangle.y1 = rectangle.y2 - scan_float(scanner);
-            got_rect     = true;
-            break;
-        }
-        break;
-
-      default:
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (got_rect == true) {
-    if (current_page == rpage) {
-      zathura_rectangle_t* real_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(zathura_rectangle_t));
-      if (real_rect != NULL) {
-        *real_rect = rectangle;
-        girara_list_append(hitlist, real_rect);
+    while ((node = synctex_next_result (scanner)) != NULL) {
+      const unsigned int current_page = synctex_node_page(node) - 1;
+      if (got_page == false) {
+        got_page = true;
+        *page = current_page;
       }
-    } else {
-      synctex_page_rect_t* page_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(synctex_page_rect_t));
-      if (page_rect != NULL) {
+
+      zathura_rectangle_t rect = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+      rect.x1 = synctex_node_box_visible_h(node);
+      rect.y1 = synctex_node_box_visible_v(node) - synctex_node_box_visible_height(node);
+      rect.x2 = rect.x1 + synctex_node_box_visible_width(node);
+      rect.y2 = synctex_node_box_visible_depth(node) + synctex_node_box_visible_height (node) + rect.y1;
+
+      if (*page == current_page) {
+        zathura_rectangle_t* real_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(zathura_rectangle_t));
+        if (real_rect == NULL) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        *real_rect = rect;
+        girara_list_append(hitlist, real_rect);
+      } else {
+        synctex_page_rect_t* page_rect = g_try_malloc(sizeof(synctex_page_rect_t));
+        if (page_rect == NULL) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         page_rect->page = current_page;
-        page_rect->rect = rectangle;
+        page_rect->rect = rect;
+
         girara_list_append(other_rects, page_rect);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  g_scanner_destroy(scanner);
-  close(output);
+  synctex_scanner_free(scanner);
 
-  if (ret == false) {
-    girara_debug("Got no usable output from running synctex view.");
-    girara_list_free(hitlist);
-    girara_list_free(other_rects);
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  if (page != NULL) {
-    *page = rpage;
-  }
   if (secondary_rects != NULL) {
     *secondary_rects = other_rects;
   } else {