diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d16686..1af4769 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 pyo3 = "0.25"
 lasso = "0.7.3"
+itertools = "0.14.0"
 
 [package.metadata.maturin]
 version-from-git = true
diff --git a/src/rust/fdb.rs b/src/rust/connectors/fdb.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/rust/fdb.rs
rename to src/rust/connectors/fdb.rs
diff --git a/src/rust/formatters/mod.rs b/src/rust/formatters/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbbdd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rust/formatters/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+use crate::{Node, NodeId, Qube};
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use itertools::Position;
+
+impl Node {
+    /// Generate a human readable summary of the node
+    /// Examples include: key=value1/value2/.../valueN, key=value1/to/value1, key=*, root etc
+    pub fn summary(&self, qube: &Qube) -> String {
+        if self.is_root() {
+            return "root".to_string();
+        }
+        let key = &qube[self.key];
+        let values: String =
+            Itertools::intersperse(self.values.iter().map(|id| &qube[*id]), "/").collect();
+
+        format!("{}={}", key, values)
+    }
+
+    pub fn html_summary(&self, qube: &Qube) -> String {
+        if self.is_root() {
+            return r#"<span class="qubed-node">root</span>"#.to_string();
+        }
+        let key = &qube[self.key];
+        let values: String =
+            Itertools::intersperse(self.values.iter().map(|id| &qube[*id]), "/").collect();
+
+        let summary = format!("{}={}", key, values);
+        let path = summary.clone();
+        let info = format!("is_root: {}", self.is_root());
+        format!(r#"<span class="qubed-node" data-path="{path}" title="{info}">{summary}</span>"#)
+    }
+}
+
+struct NodeSummary {
+    summary: String,
+    end: NodeId,
+}
+
+enum SummaryType {
+    PlainText,
+    HTML,
+}
+
+/// Given a Node, traverse the tree until a node has more than one child.
+/// Returns a summary of the form "key1=v1/v2, key2=v1/v2/v3, key3=v1"
+/// and the id of the last node in the summary
+fn summarise_nodes(qube: &Qube, node_id: &NodeId, summary_type: SummaryType) -> NodeSummary {
+    let mut node_id = *node_id;
+    let mut summary_vec = vec![];
+    loop {
+        let node = &qube[node_id];
+        let summary = match summary_type {
+            SummaryType::PlainText => node.summary(&qube),
+            SummaryType::HTML => node.html_summary(&qube),
+        };
+        summary_vec.push(summary);
+
+        // Bail out if the node has anothing other than 1 child.
+        match node.has_exactly_one_child() {
+            Some(n) => node_id = n,
+            None => break,
+        };
+    }
+    NodeSummary {
+        summary: summary_vec.join(", "),
+        end: node_id,
+    }
+}
+
+fn qube_to_tree(qube: &Qube, node_id: &NodeId, prefix: &str, depth: usize) -> String {
+    let NodeSummary {
+        summary,
+        end: node_id,
+    } = summarise_nodes(qube, node_id, SummaryType::PlainText);
+
+    let mut output: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+    if depth <= 0 {
+        return format!("{} - ...\n", summary);
+    } else {
+        output.push(format!("{}\n", summary));
+    }
+
+    let node = &qube[node_id];
+    for (position, child_id) in node.children().with_position() {
+        let (connector, extension) = match position {
+            Position::Last | Position::Only => ("└── ", "    "),
+            _ => ("├── ", "│   "),
+        };
+        output.extend([
+            prefix.to_string(),
+            connector.to_string(),
+            qube_to_tree(qube, child_id, &format!("{prefix}{extension}"), depth - 1),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    output.join("")
+}
+
+fn qube_to_html(qube: &Qube, node_id: &NodeId, prefix: &str, depth: usize) -> String {
+    let NodeSummary {
+        summary,
+        end: node_id,
+    } = summarise_nodes(qube, node_id, SummaryType::PlainText);
+
+    let node = &qube[node_id];
+    let mut output: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+    let open = if depth > 0 { "open" } else { "" };
+    output.push(format!(
+        r#"<details {open}><summary class="qubed-level">{summary}</summary>"#
+    ));
+
+    for (position, child_id) in node.children().with_position() {
+        let (connector, extension) = match position {
+            Position::Last | Position::Only => ("└── ", "    "),
+            _ => ("├── ", "│   "),
+        };
+        output.extend([
+            prefix.to_string(),
+            connector.to_string(),
+            qube_to_tree(qube, child_id, &format!("{prefix}{extension}"), depth - 1),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    output.join("")
+}
+
+impl Qube {
+    /// Return a string version of the Qube in the format
+    /// root
+    /// ├── class=od, expver=0001/0002, param=1/2
+    /// └── class=rd, param=1/2/3
+    pub fn string_tree(&self) -> String {
+        qube_to_tree(&self, &self.root, "", 5)
+    }
+
+    /// Return an HTML version of the Qube which renders like this
+    /// root
+    /// ├── class=od, expver=0001/0002, param=1/2
+    /// └── class=rd, param=1/2/3
+    /// But under the hood children are represented with a details/summary tag and each key=value is a span
+    /// CSS and JS functionality is bundled inside.
+    pub fn html_tree(&self) -> String {
+        qube_to_html(&self, &self.root, "", 5)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/rust/lib.rs b/src/rust/lib.rs
index f6eec70..e09b95d 100644
--- a/src/rust/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lib.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,180 @@
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::wrap_pyfunction;
 use pyo3::types::{PyDict, PyInt, PyList, PyString};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use std::hash::Hash;
 
-mod qube;
-mod json;
+
+use lasso::{Rodeo, Spur};
+use std::num::NonZero;
+use std::ops;
+
+mod serialisation;
+mod python_interface;
+mod formatters;
+
+// This data structure uses the Newtype Index Pattern
+// See https://matklad.github.io/2018/06/04/newtype-index-pattern.html
+// See also https://github.com/nrc/r4cppp/blob/master/graphs/README.md#rcrefcellnode for a discussion of other approaches to trees and graphs in rust.
+// https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2015/04/06/modeling-graphs-in-rust-using-vector-indices/
+
+// Index types use struct Id(NonZero<usize>)
+// This reserves 0 as a special value which allows Option<Id(NonZero<usize>)> to be the same size as usize.
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq, Hash)]
+pub(crate) struct NodeId(NonZero<usize>);
+
+// Allow node indices to index directly into Qubes:
+impl ops::Index<NodeId> for Qube {
+    type Output = Node;
+
+    fn index(&self, index: NodeId) -> &Node {
+        &self.nodes[index.0.get() - 1]
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::IndexMut<NodeId> for Qube {
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, index: NodeId) -> &mut Node {
+        &mut self.nodes[index.0.get() - 1]
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Index<StringId> for Qube {
+    type Output = str;
+
+    fn index(&self, index: StringId) -> &str {
+        &self.strings[index]
+    }
+}
+
+impl NodeId {
+    pub fn new_infallible(value: NonZero<usize>) -> NodeId {
+        NodeId(value)
+    }
+    pub fn new(value: usize) -> Option<NodeId> {
+        NonZero::new(value).map(NodeId)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq, Hash)]
+struct StringId(lasso::Spur);
+
+impl ops::Index<StringId> for lasso::Rodeo {
+    type Output = str;
+
+    fn index(&self, index: StringId) -> &str {
+        &self[index.0]
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct Node {
+    pub key: StringId,
+    pub metadata: HashMap<StringId, Vec<String>>,
+    pub parent: Option<NodeId>, // If not present, it's the root node
+    pub values: Vec<StringId>,
+    pub children: HashMap<StringId, Vec<NodeId>>,
+}
+
+impl Node {
+    fn new_root(q: &mut Qube) -> Node {
+        Node {
+            key: q.get_or_intern("root"),
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            parent: None,
+            values: vec![],
+            children: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn children(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &NodeId> {
+        self.children.values().flatten()
+    }
+
+    fn is_root(&self) -> bool {
+        self.parent.is_none()
+    }
+
+    /// Because children are stored grouped by key
+    /// determining the number of children quickly takes a little effort.
+    /// This is a fast method for the special case of checking if a Node has exactly one child.
+    /// Returns Ok(NodeId) if there is one child else None
+    fn has_exactly_one_child(&self) -> Option<NodeId> {
+        if self.children.len() != 1 {return None}
+        let Some(value_group) = self.children.values().next() else {return None};
+        let [node_id] = &value_group.as_slice() else {return None};
+        Some(*node_id)
+    }
+
+    fn n_children(&self) -> usize {
+        self.children
+            .values()
+            .map(|v| v.len())
+            .sum()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[pyclass(subclass, dict)]
+pub struct Qube {
+    pub root: NodeId,
+    nodes: Vec<Node>,
+    strings: Rodeo,
+}
+
+impl Qube {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let mut q = Self {
+            root: NodeId::new(1).unwrap(),
+            nodes: Vec::new(),
+            strings: Rodeo::default(),
+        };
+
+        let root = Node::new_root(&mut q);
+        q.nodes.push(root);
+        q
+    }
+
+    fn get_or_intern(&mut self, val: &str) -> StringId {
+        StringId(self.strings.get_or_intern(val))
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_node(&mut self, parent: NodeId, key: &str, values: &[&str]) -> NodeId {
+        let key_id = self.get_or_intern(key);
+        let values = values.iter().map(|val| self.get_or_intern(val)).collect();
+
+        // Create the node object
+        let node = Node {
+            key: key_id,
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            values: values,
+            parent: Some(parent),
+            children: HashMap::new(),
+        };
+
+        // Insert it into the Qube arena and determine its id
+        self.nodes.push(node);
+        let node_id = NodeId::new(self.nodes.len()).unwrap();
+
+        // Add a reference to this node's id to the parents list of children.
+        let parent_node = &mut self[parent];
+        let key_group = parent_node.children.entry(key_id).or_insert(Vec::new());
+        key_group.push(node_id);
+
+        node_id
+    }
+
+    fn print(&self, node_id: Option<NodeId>) -> String {
+        let node_id: NodeId = node_id.unwrap_or(self.root);
+        let node = &self[node_id];
+        node.summary(&self)
+    }
+}
 
 
 #[pymodule]
 fn rust(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
-    m.add_class::<qube::Qube>()?;
-    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(json::parse_qube, m)?);
+    m.add_class::<Qube>()?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/rust/python_interface.rs b/src/rust/python_interface.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53a7c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rust/python_interface.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use crate::{Node, NodeId, Qube};
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::types::PyList;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+use crate::serialisation;
+
+/// A reference to a particular node in a Qube
+#[pyclass]
+pub struct NodeRef {
+    id: NodeId,
+    qube: Py<Qube>, // see https://pyo3.rs/v0.23.1/types for a discussion of Py<T> and Bound<'py, T>
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl NodeRef {
+    fn __repr__(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<String> {
+        // Get the Py<Qube> reference, bind it to the GIL.
+        let qube = self.qube.bind(py);
+
+        fn repr_helper<'py>(node_id: NodeId, qube: &Bound<'py, Qube>) -> String {
+            let node = &qube.borrow()[node_id];
+            let key = &qube.borrow()[node.key];
+            let children = node
+                .children
+                .values()
+                .flatten()
+                .map(|child_id| repr_helper(child_id.clone(), qube))
+                .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                .join(", ");
+
+            format!("Node({}, {})", key, children)
+        }
+
+        Ok(repr_helper(self.id, qube))
+    }
+
+    fn __str__(&self, py: Python) -> String {
+        let qube = self.qube.bind(py).borrow();
+        let node = &qube[self.id];
+        let key = &qube.strings[node.key];
+        format!("Node({})", key)
+    }
+
+    #[getter]
+    pub fn get_children(&self, py: Python) -> Vec<NodeRef> {
+        let qube = self.qube.bind(py).borrow();
+        let node = &qube[self.id];
+        node.children
+            .values()
+            .flatten()
+            .map(|child_id| NodeRef {
+                id: *child_id,
+                qube: self.qube.clone_ref(py),
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl Qube {
+    #[new]
+    pub fn py_new() -> Self {
+        Qube::new()
+    }
+
+    #[getter]
+    fn get_root(slf: Bound<'_, Self>) -> PyResult<NodeRef> {
+        Ok(NodeRef {
+            id: slf.borrow().root,
+            qube: slf.unbind(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+        self.string_tree()
+    }
+
+    fn __str__<'py>(&self) -> String {
+        self.string_tree()
+    }
+
+    fn _repr_html_(&self) -> String {
+        self.html_tree()
+    }
+
+    #[pyo3(name = "print")]
+    fn py_print(&self) -> String {
+        self.print(Option::None)
+    }
+
+    #[getter]
+    pub fn get_children(slf: Bound<'_, Self>, py: Python) -> PyResult<Vec<NodeRef>> {
+        let root = NodeRef {
+            id: slf.borrow().root,
+            qube: slf.unbind(),
+        };
+        Ok(root.get_children(py))
+    }
+
+    #[staticmethod]
+    pub fn from_json(data: &str) -> Result<Self, serialisation::JSONError> {
+        serialisation::from_json(data)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/rust/qube.rs b/src/rust/qube.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index aa7817a..0000000
--- a/src/rust/qube.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,205 +0,0 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::hash::Hash;
-
-use lasso::{Rodeo, Spur};
-use pyo3::prelude::*;
-use pyo3::types::PyList;
-use std::num::NonZero;
-use std::ops;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-// This data structure uses the Newtype Index Pattern
-// See https://matklad.github.io/2018/06/04/newtype-index-pattern.html
-// See also https://github.com/nrc/r4cppp/blob/master/graphs/README.md#rcrefcellnode for a discussion of other approaches to trees and graphs in rust.
-// https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2015/04/06/modeling-graphs-in-rust-using-vector-indices/
-
-// Index types use struct Id(NonZero<usize>)
-// This reserves 0 as a special value which allows Option<Id(NonZero<usize>)> to be the same size as usize.
-
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq, Hash)]
-pub(crate) struct NodeId(NonZero<usize>);
-
-// Allow node indices to index directly into Qubes:
-impl ops::Index<NodeId> for Qube {
-    type Output = Node;
-
-    fn index(&self, index: NodeId) -> &Node {
-        &self.nodes[index.0.get() - 1]
-    }
-}
-
-impl ops::IndexMut<NodeId> for Qube {
-    fn index_mut(&mut self, index: NodeId) -> &mut Node {
-        &mut self.nodes[index.0.get() - 1]
-    }
-}
-
-impl NodeId {
-    pub fn new_infallible(value: NonZero<usize>) -> NodeId {
-        NodeId(value)
-    }
-    pub fn new(value: usize) -> Option<NodeId> {
-        NonZero::new(value).map(NodeId)
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq, Hash)]
-struct StringId(lasso::Spur);
-
-impl ops::Index<StringId> for lasso::Rodeo {
-    type Output = str;
-
-    fn index(&self, index: StringId) -> &str {
-        &self[index.0]
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct Node {
-    key: StringId,
-    metadata: HashMap<StringId, Vec<String>>,
-    parent: Option<NodeId>, // If not present, it's the root node
-    values: Vec<StringId>,
-    children: HashMap<StringId, Vec<NodeId>>,
-}
-
-#[pyclass]
-pub struct NodeRef {
-    id: NodeId,
-    qube: Py<Qube>,
-}
-
-#[pymethods]
-impl NodeRef {
-    fn __repr__(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<String> {
-        let qube = self.qube.bind(py).borrow();
-        let node = &qube[self.id];
-        let key = &qube.strings[node.key];
-        let children = self
-            .get_children(py)
-            .iter()
-            .map(|child| child.__repr__(py))
-            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?
-            .join(", ");
-
-        Ok(format!("Node({}, {})", key, children))
-    }
-
-    fn __str__(&self, py: Python) -> String {
-        let qube = self.qube.bind(py).borrow();
-        let node = &qube[self.id];
-        let key = &qube.strings[node.key];
-        format!("Node({})", key)
-    }
-
-    #[getter]
-    pub fn get_children(&self, py: Python) -> Vec<NodeRef> {
-        let qube = self.qube.bind(py).borrow();
-        let node = &qube[self.id];
-        node.children
-            .values()
-            .flatten()
-            .map(|child_id| NodeRef {
-                id: *child_id,
-                qube: self.qube.clone_ref(py),
-            })
-            .collect()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Node {
-    fn new_root(q: &mut Qube) -> Node {
-        Node {
-            key: q.get_or_intern("root"),
-            metadata: HashMap::new(),
-            parent: None,
-            values: vec![],
-            children: HashMap::new(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn children(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &NodeId> {
-        self.children.values().flatten()
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[pyclass]
-pub struct Qube {
-    pub root: NodeId,
-    nodes: Vec<Node>,
-    strings: Rodeo,
-}
-
-impl Qube {
-    fn get_or_intern(&mut self, val: &str) -> StringId {
-        StringId(self.strings.get_or_intern(val))
-    }
-
-    pub fn add_node(&mut self, parent: NodeId, key: &str, values: &[&str]) -> NodeId {
-        let key_id = self.get_or_intern(key);
-        let values = values.iter().map(|val| self.get_or_intern(val)).collect();
-
-        // Create the node object
-        let node = Node {
-            key: key_id,
-            metadata: HashMap::new(),
-            values: values,
-            parent: Some(parent),
-            children: HashMap::new(),
-        };
-
-        // Insert it into the Qube arena and determine its id
-        self.nodes.push(node);
-        let node_id = NodeId::new(self.nodes.len()).unwrap();
-
-        // Add a reference to this node's id to the parents list of children.
-        let parent_node = &mut self[parent];
-        let key_group = parent_node.children.entry(key_id).or_insert(Vec::new());
-        key_group.push(node_id);
-
-        node_id
-    }
-}
-
-#[pymethods]
-impl Qube {
-    #[new]
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let mut q = Qube {
-            root: NodeId::new(1).unwrap(),
-            nodes: Vec::new(),
-            strings: Rodeo::default(),
-        };
-
-        let root = Node::new_root(&mut q);
-        q.nodes.push(root);
-        q
-    }
-
-    #[getter]
-    fn get_root<'py>(slf: PyRef<'py, Self>, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<NodeRef> {
-        Ok(NodeRef {
-            id: slf.root,
-            qube: slf.into(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
-        format!("{:?}", &self)
-    }
-
-    fn __str__<'py>(slf: PyRef<'py, Self>, py: Python<'py>) -> String {
-        format!("Qube()")
-    }
-
-    #[getter]
-    pub fn get_children<'py>(slf: PyRef<'py, Self>, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<Vec<NodeRef>> {
-        let root = NodeRef {
-            id: slf.root,
-            // `into_py` clones the existing Python handle; no new Qube object is allocated.
-            qube: slf.into(),
-        };
-        Ok(root.get_children(py))
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/rust/json.rs b/src/rust/serialisation/json.rs
similarity index 64%
rename from src/rust/json.rs
rename to src/rust/serialisation/json.rs
index 2520646..bb4c94e 100644
--- a/src/rust/json.rs
+++ b/src/rust/serialisation/json.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::{Result, Value};
+use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use crate::qube::{Node, NodeId, Qube};
+use crate::{Node, NodeId, Qube};
+
+// Use a newtype wrapper to allow us to implement auto conversion from serde_json::Error to PyErr
+// via a wrapper intermediate
+// see https://pyo3.rs/main/function/error-handling.html#foreign-rust-error-types
+pub struct JSONError(serde_json::Error);
+
+impl From<JSONError> for PyErr {
+    fn from(error: JSONError) -> Self {
+        PyValueError::new_err(format!("{}", error.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<serde_json::Error> for JSONError {
+    fn from(other: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
+        Self(other)
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
@@ -37,10 +55,7 @@ fn add_nodes(qube: &mut Qube, parent: NodeId, nodes: &[JSONQube]) -> Vec<NodeId>
         .collect()
 }
 
-#[pyfunction]
-pub fn parse_qube() -> PyResult<Qube> {
-    let data = r#"{"key": "root", "values": ["root"], "metadata": {}, "children": [{"key": "frequency", "values": "*", "metadata": {}, "children": [{"key": "levtype", "values": "*", "metadata": {}, "children": [{"key": "param", "values": "*", "metadata": {}, "children": [{"key": "levelist", "values": "*", "metadata": {}, "children": [{"key": "domain", "values": ["a", "b", "c", "d"], "metadata": {}, "children": []}]}]}]}]}]}"#;
-
+pub fn from_json(data: &str) -> Result<Qube, JSONError> {
     // Parse the string of data into serde_json::Value.
     let json_qube: JSONQube = serde_json::from_str(data).expect("JSON parsing failed");
 
diff --git a/src/rust/serialisation/mod.rs b/src/rust/serialisation/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..881d8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rust/serialisation/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mod json;
+pub use json::{from_json, JSONError};
diff --git a/test_scripts/rust.py b/test_scripts/rust.py
index 418a75f..5d84567 100644
--- a/test_scripts/rust.py
+++ b/test_scripts/rust.py
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-from qubed.rust import Qube, parse_qube
+from __future__ import annotations
 
-q = Qube()
-print(q)
+import json
 
-print(f"repr: {q.root!r} str: {q.root}")
+from qubed import Qube as pyQube
+from qubed.rust import Qube as Qube
 
-q = parse_qube()
-print(repr(q))
+q = pyQube.from_tree("""
+root, class=d1
+├── dataset=another-value, generation=1/2/3
+└── dataset=climate-dt/weather-dt, generation=1/2/3/4
+""")
+json_str = json.dumps(q.to_json())
+rust_qube = Qube.from_json(json_str)
+print(repr(rust_qube))
 
-r = q.root
-
-print(f"{q.root = }, {q.children = }")
+expected = """root, class=d1
+├── dataset=another-value, generation=1/2/3
+└── dataset=climate-dt/weather-dt, generation=1/2/3/4"""
+assert repr(rust_qube) == expected
+# print(rs_qube._repr_html_())
diff --git a/tests/test_rust.py b/tests/test_rust.py
index e69de29..6f5fc5a 100644
--- a/tests/test_rust.py
+++ b/tests/test_rust.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from qubed import Qube as pyQube
+from qubed.rust import Qube as Qube
+
+q = pyQube.from_tree("""
+root, class=d1
+├── dataset=another-value, generation=1/2/3
+└── dataset=climate-dt/weather-dt, generation=1/2/3/4
+""")
+json_str = json.dumps(q.to_json())
+rust_qube = Qube.from_json(json_str)
+print(repr(rust_qube))
+
+expected = """root, class=d1
+├── dataset=another-value, generation=1/2/3
+└── dataset=climate-dt/weather-dt, generation=1/2/3/4
+"""
+assert repr(rust_qube) == expected