diff --git a/bitshift/config.py b/bitshift/config.py
index 6c7be42..e69e367 100644
--- a/bitshift/config.py
+++ b/bitshift/config.py
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ Module to contain definitions of all Flask variables required by the app module.
 
 DEBUG = True
 SECRET_KEY = "\x89\x87\x9a9\xab{\xda\xfe.28\xb4\x18\x01\x95]]\xd2\xeaen\xe0Ot"
+
+LANG_PYTHON = 0
+LANG_C = 1
+LANG_JAVA = 2
+
+PYG_IDS = {
+    "Python": LANG_PYTHON,
+    "C": LANG_C,
+    "JAVA": LANG_JAVA
+}
diff --git a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
index 03d812c..3220a73 100644
--- a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .python import parse_py
 from .c import parse_c
 from .java import parse_java
+from bitshift.config import LANG_PYTHON, LANG_C, LANG_JAVA, PYG_IDS
 import pygments.lexers as pgl
 
 _all__ = ["parse"]
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def _lang(codelet):
     if codelet.filename is not None:
         return pgl.guess_lexer_for_filename(codelet.filename).name
 
-    return pgl.guess_lexer(codelet.code)
+    return PYG_IDS[pgl.guess_lexer(codelet.code)]
 
 def parser(codelet):
     """
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ def parser(codelet):
     """
     lang = _lang(codelet)
 
-    if lang == "Python":
+    if lang == LANG_PYTHON:
         parse_py(codelet)
-    elif lang == "C":
+    elif lang == LANG_C:
         parse_c(codelet)
-    elif lang == "Java":
+    elif lang == LANG_JAVA:
         parse_java(codelet)