diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f2d475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+node_modules/
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+build/
+dist/
diff --git a/src/CodeParser.php b/src/CodeParser.php
index 6a282a3..7777b2a 100644
--- a/src/CodeParser.php
+++ b/src/CodeParser.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function parseCode(string $code, string $modifiedLines, string $fileType)
         $modifiedLineRanges = $this->parseModifiedLines($modifiedLines);
         
         // Create parser
-        $parser = (new ParserFactory)->create(ParserFactory::PREFER_PHP7);
+        $parser = (new ParserFactory)->create(ParserFactory::PREFER_PHP8);
         
         try {
             // Parse code
diff --git a/src/CodeVisitor.php b/src/CodeVisitor.php
index 4a02fdc..7226185 100644
--- a/src/CodeVisitor.php
+++ b/src/CodeVisitor.php
@@ -252,8 +252,16 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node)
      */
     private function extractAnnotations(string $docString)
     {
-        // PHP doesn't have decorators like Python, so returning an empty array
-        return [];
+        $annotations = [];
+
+        // Match annotations in the format @annotationName or @annotationName(params)
+        preg_match_all('/@(\\w+)(?:\\([^)]*\\))?/', $docString, $matches);
+
+        if (isset($matches[1]) && is_array($matches[1])) {
+            $annotations = $matches[1];
+        }
+
+        return $annotations;
         
         // Original implementation commented out below
         /*