diff --git a/lib/api/dsl.js b/lib/api/dsl.js
index 8cab48e..a5994f0 100644
--- a/lib/api/dsl.js
+++ b/lib/api/dsl.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function alias(rule, value) {
     result.named = true;
     result.value = value.symbol.name;
     return result;
+  case SymbolRule:
   case Object:
     if (typeof value.type === 'string' && value.type === 'SYMBOL') {
       result.named = true;
@@ -129,11 +130,25 @@ function string(value) {
   };
 }
 
+class SymbolRule {
+  constructor (name) {
+    this.type = 'SYMBOL';
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  exclude (...tokens) {
+    return choice(
+      this,
+      ...tokens.map(token => ({
+        type: 'EXCLUDE',
+        content: normalize(token)
+      }))
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 function sym(name) {
-  return {
-    type: "SYMBOL",
-    name: name
-  };
+  return new SymbolRule(name);
 }
 
 function token(value) {
@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ function normalize(value) {
     if (typeof value.type === 'string') {
       return value;
     } else {
-      throw new TypeError("Invalid rule: " + value.toString());
+      throw new TypeError("Invalid rule: " + JSON.stringify(value))
     }
   }
 }
@@ -198,7 +213,7 @@ function grammar(baseGrammar, options) {
       throw new Error("Grammar's 'externals' property must be a function.");
     }
 
-    const externalsRuleBuilder = new RuleBuilder()
+    const externalsRuleBuilder = new RuleBuilder(sym, null)
     const externalRules = options.externals.call(externalsRuleBuilder, externalsRuleBuilder, baseGrammar.externals);
 
     if (!Array.isArray(externalRules)) {
@@ -221,7 +236,7 @@ function grammar(baseGrammar, options) {
     }
   }
 
-  const ruleBuilder = new RuleBuilder(rulesSet);
+  const ruleBuilder = new RuleBuilder(sym, rulesSet);
 
   const name = options.name;
   if (typeof name !== "string") {
diff --git a/src/rule_builder.cc b/src/rule_builder.cc
index 6eaacca..e26c656 100644
--- a/src/rule_builder.cc
+++ b/src/rule_builder.cc
@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@ using namespace v8;
 
 Nan::Persistent<v8::Function> constructor;
 
-Local<Object> build_symbol(Local<String> name) {
-  auto result = Nan::New<Object>();
-  result->Set(Nan::New("type").ToLocalChecked(), Nan::New("SYMBOL").ToLocalChecked());
-  result->Set(Nan::New("name").ToLocalChecked(), name);
-  return result;
-}
-
 static void GetProperty(Local<String> property, const Nan::PropertyCallbackInfo<v8::Value> &info) {
-  Local<Value> rules = info.This()->GetInternalField(0);
-  Local<Object> symbol = build_symbol(property);
+  Local<Value> symbol_constructor = info.This()->GetInternalField(0);
+  Local<Value> rules = info.This()->GetInternalField(1);
+
+  Local<Value> argv = {property};
+  Local<Value> symbol = Local<Function>::Cast(symbol_constructor)->Call(Nan::Null(), 1, &argv);
 
   if (rules->IsObject()) {
     Local<Object> rules_object = Local<Object>::Cast(rules);
@@ -39,18 +35,20 @@ static void GetProperty(Local<String> property, const Nan::PropertyCallbackInfo<
 }
 
 static void construct(const Nan::FunctionCallbackInfo<Value> &info) {
-  Local<Value> data = Nan::Null();
-  if (info.Length() == 1 && info[0]->IsObject()) {
-    data = info[0];
+  if (info.Length() < 2) {
+    Nan::ThrowTypeError("Must pass RuleBuilder two arguments");
+    return;
   }
-  info.This()->SetInternalField(0, data);
+
+  info.This()->SetInternalField(0, info[0]);
+  info.This()->SetInternalField(1, info[1]);
 }
 
 void Init(Handle<Object> exports) {
   Local<FunctionTemplate> tpl = Nan::New<FunctionTemplate>(construct);
   tpl->SetClassName(Nan::New("RuleBuilder").ToLocalChecked());
   Nan::SetNamedPropertyHandler(tpl->InstanceTemplate(), GetProperty);
-  tpl->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
+  tpl->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(2);
   constructor.Reset(tpl->GetFunction());
   exports->Set(Nan::New("RuleBuilder").ToLocalChecked(), Nan::New(constructor));
 }
diff --git a/vendor/tree-sitter b/vendor/tree-sitter
index 41df6d9..5c57167 160000
--- a/vendor/tree-sitter
+++ b/vendor/tree-sitter
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 41df6d94b734a98f77b27794b9289be2391bc29b
+Subproject commit 5c57167f82ece51d113060dc40532179f04a4ca1