diff --git a/src/interpreter/mod.rs b/src/interpreter/mod.rs
index 940319f..593fd5b 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/interpreter/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub mod types;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 pub use rhei::RheiContext;
 use style::StyleSheet as SS;
-pub use types::{ComponentDef, Document, Element, InterpError};
+pub use types::{ComponentDef, Document, Element, Interner, InterpError};
 
 use compact_str::CompactString;
 use opcodes::*;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl Interpreter {
         //let rhei_ctx = RheiContext::new(&rhei_scripts);
         //rhei_ctx.initialize(&mut variables);
 
-        Ok(Document { roots, components, variables, rhei_scripts, stylesheet })
+        Ok(Document { roots, components, variables, rhei_scripts, stylesheet, interner: Interner::new() })
     }
 
     fn parse_block_elements<'a>(
diff --git a/src/interpreter/types.rs b/src/interpreter/types.rs
index 6fac207..ac44f9e 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/types.rs
+++ b/src/interpreter/types.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,78 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 
+
 use super::style::{ComputedStyle, StyleSheet};
 use compact_str::CompactString;
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct InternedStr(u32);
+
+impl InternedStr {
+    pub const fn from_raw(id: u32) -> Self {
+        Self(id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn raw(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl InternedStr {
+    pub fn eq_str(&self, other: &str) -> bool {
+        with_interner(|interner| interner.lookup(*self) == other)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Interner {
+    strings: Vec<String>,
+    map: HashMap<String, u32>,
+    next_id: u32,
+}
+
+impl Interner {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            strings: Vec::new(),
+            map: HashMap::new(),
+            next_id: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn intern(&mut self, s: &str) -> InternedStr {
+        if let Some(&id) = self.map.get(s) {
+            return InternedStr(id);
+        }
+        let id = self.next_id;
+        self.next_id += 1;
+        self.strings.push(s.to_string());
+        self.map.insert(s.to_string(), id);
+        InternedStr(id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn lookup(&self, id: InternedStr) -> &str {
+        &self.strings[id.0 as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn intern_or_none(&mut self, s: Option<&str>) -> Option<InternedStr> {
+        s.map(|s| self.intern(s))
+    }
+}
+
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+thread_local! {
+    static GLOBAL_INTERNER: RefCell<Interner> = RefCell::new(Interner::new());
+}
+
+pub fn with_interner<F, R>(f: F) -> R
+where
+    F: FnOnce(&mut Interner) -> R,
+{
+    GLOBAL_INTERNER.with(|i| f(&mut *i.borrow_mut()))
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Value {
     Str(CompactString),
@@ -128,6 +197,7 @@ pub struct Document<'a> {
     pub variables:    HashMap<String, Value>,
     pub rhei_scripts: Vec<String>,
     pub stylesheet:   StyleSheet,
+    pub interner:     Interner,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]