diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb93cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.python-version
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5ee4903..019e37a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README.md LICENSE docs/* examples/*.py examples/*.png examples/*.g tests/*.py tests/test_nearley/*.py tests/test_nearley/grammars/*
+include README.md LICENSE docs/* examples/*.py examples/*.png examples/*.lark tests/*.py tests/test_nearley/*.py tests/test_nearley/grammars/*
diff --git a/docs/json_tutorial.md b/docs/json_tutorial.md
index 9f3fbf1..96e76fb 100644
--- a/docs/json_tutorial.md
+++ b/docs/json_tutorial.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ By the way, if you're curious what these terminals signify, they are roughly equ
 
 Lark will accept this, if you really want to complicate your life :)
 
-(You can find the original definitions in [common.g](/lark/grammars/common.g).)
+(You can find the original definitions in [common.lark](/lark/grammars/common.lark).)
 
 Notice that terminals are written in UPPER-CASE, while rules are written in lower-case.
 I'll touch more on the differences between rules and terminals later.
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 37076d5..3ca623a 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - [indented\_tree.py](indented\_tree.py) - A demonstration of parsing indentation ("whitespace significant" language)
 - [fruitflies.py](fruitflies.py) - A demonstration of ambiguity
 - [turtle\_dsl.py](turtle_dsl.py) - Implements a LOGO-like toy language for Python's turtle, with interpreter.
+- [lark\_grammar.py](lark_grammar.py) + [lark.lark](lark.lark) - A reference implementation of the Lark grammar (using LALR(1) + standard lexer)
 
 ### Advanced
 
diff --git a/examples/lark.lark b/examples/lark.lark
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fbf592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lark.lark
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+start: (_item | _NL)*
+
+_item: rule
+     | token
+     | statement
+
+rule: RULE priority? ":" expansions _NL
+token: TOKEN priority? ":" expansions _NL
+
+priority: "." NUMBER
+
+statement: "%ignore" expansions _NL                -> ignore
+         | "%import" import_args ["->" TOKEN] _NL  -> import
+
+import_args: name ("." name)*
+
+?expansions: alias (_VBAR alias)*
+
+?alias: expansion ["->" RULE]
+
+?expansion: expr*
+
+?expr: atom [OP | "~" NUMBER [".." NUMBER]]
+
+?atom: "(" expansions ")"
+     | "[" expansions "]" -> maybe
+     | STRING ".." STRING -> literal_range
+     | name
+     | (REGEXP | STRING) -> literal
+
+name: RULE
+    | TOKEN
+
+_VBAR: _NL? "|"
+OP: /[+*][?]?|[?](?![a-z])/
+RULE: /!?[_?]?[a-z][_a-z0-9]*/
+TOKEN: /_?[A-Z][_A-Z0-9]*/
+STRING: _STRING "i"?
+REGEXP: /\/(?!\/)(\\\/|\\\\|[^\/\n])*?\/[imslux]*/
+_NL: /(\r?\n)+\s*/
+
+%import common.ESCAPED_STRING -> _STRING
+%import common.INT -> NUMBER
+%import common.WS_INLINE
+
+COMMENT: "//" /[^\n]/*
+
+%ignore WS_INLINE
+%ignore COMMENT
diff --git a/examples/lark_grammar.py b/examples/lark_grammar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ccc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lark_grammar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from lark import Lark
+
+parser = Lark(open('examples/lark.lark'), parser="lalr")
+
+grammar_files = [
+    'examples/python2.lark',
+    'examples/python3.lark',
+    'examples/lark.lark',
+    'lark/grammars/common.lark',
+]
+
+def test():
+    for grammar_file in grammar_files:
+        tree = parser.parse(open(grammar_file).read())
+    print("All grammars parsed successfully")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test()
diff --git a/examples/python2.g b/examples/python2.lark
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/python2.g
rename to examples/python2.lark
diff --git a/examples/python3.g b/examples/python3.lark
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/python3.g
rename to examples/python3.lark
diff --git a/examples/python_parser.py b/examples/python_parser.py
index 0f9f30b..988fd97 100644
--- a/examples/python_parser.py
+++ b/examples/python_parser.py
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ class PythonIndenter(Indenter):
 
 kwargs = dict(rel_to=__file__, postlex=PythonIndenter(), start='file_input')
 
-python_parser2 = Lark.open('python2.g', parser='lalr', **kwargs)
-python_parser3 = Lark.open('python3.g',parser='lalr', **kwargs)
-python_parser2_earley = Lark.open('python2.g', parser='earley', lexer='standard', **kwargs)
-print(python_parser3)
+python_parser2 = Lark.open('python2.lark', parser='lalr', **kwargs)
+python_parser3 = Lark.open('python3.lark',parser='lalr', **kwargs)
+python_parser2_earley = Lark.open('python2.lark', parser='earley', lexer='standard', **kwargs)
 
 
 def _read(fn, *args):
diff --git a/examples/standalone/create_standalone.sh b/examples/standalone/create_standalone.sh
index 1eba3a4..a4fa879 100755
--- a/examples/standalone/create_standalone.sh
+++ b/examples/standalone/create_standalone.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python -m lark.tools.standalone json.g > json_parser.py
+python -m lark.tools.standalone json.lark > json_parser.py
diff --git a/examples/standalone/json.g b/examples/standalone/json.lark
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/standalone/json.g
rename to examples/standalone/json.lark
diff --git a/lark/grammars/common.g b/lark/grammars/common.lark
similarity index 94%
rename from lark/grammars/common.g
rename to lark/grammars/common.lark
index 2bd02d0..8bc8079 100644
--- a/lark/grammars/common.g
+++ b/lark/grammars/common.lark
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SIGNED_NUMBER: ["+"|"-"] NUMBER
 //
 // Strings
 //
+//STRING: /"(\\\"|\\\\|[^"\n])*?"i?/
 STRING_INNER: ("\\\""|/[^"]/)
 ESCAPED_STRING: "\"" STRING_INNER* "\""
 
diff --git a/lark/load_grammar.py b/lark/load_grammar.py
index f5a0be8..b802fe1 100644
--- a/lark/load_grammar.py
+++ b/lark/load_grammar.py
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ class TokenTreeToPattern(Transformer):
         return p
 
     def expansion(self, items):
+        assert items
         if len(items) == 1:
             return items[0]
         if len({i.flags for i in items}) > 1:
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ class GrammarLoader:
             elif stmt.data == 'import':
                 dotted_path = stmt.children[0].children
                 name = stmt.children[1] if len(stmt.children)>1 else dotted_path[-1]
-                grammar_path = os.path.join(*dotted_path[:-1]) + '.g'
+                grammar_path = os.path.join(*dotted_path[:-1]) + '.lark'
                 g = import_grammar(grammar_path)
                 token_options = dict(g.token_defs)[dotted_path[-1]]
                 assert isinstance(token_options, tuple) and len(token_options)==2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 430ae5c..8543fd4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ setup(
     requires = [],
     install_requires = [],
 
-    package_data = { '': ['*.md', '*.g'] },
+    package_data = { '': ['*.md', '*.lark'] },
 
     test_suite = 'tests.__main__',