diff --git a/miette-derive/src/lib.rs b/miette-derive/src/lib.rs
index 709ed57..dce8a16 100644
--- a/miette-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/miette-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod fmt;
 mod help;
 mod severity;
 mod snippets;
+mod utils;
 
 #[proc_macro_derive(Diagnostic, attributes(diagnostic, snippet, highlight))]
 pub fn derive_diagnostic(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
diff --git a/miette-derive/src/severity.rs b/miette-derive/src/severity.rs
index df9b562..ce1e7ba 100644
--- a/miette-derive/src/severity.rs
+++ b/miette-derive/src/severity.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+use proc_macro2::{Span, TokenStream};
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{
     parenthesized,
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use syn::{
 
 use crate::diagnostic::DiagnosticVariant;
 
-pub struct Severity(pub syn::Path);
+pub struct Severity(pub syn::Ident);
 
 impl Parse for Severity {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
@@ -21,20 +21,40 @@ impl Parse for Severity {
                 let la = content.lookahead1();
                 if la.peek(syn::LitStr) {
                     let str = content.parse::<syn::LitStr>()?;
-                    Ok(Severity(str.parse()?))
+                    let sev = get_severity(&str.value(), str.span())?;
+                    Ok(Severity(syn::Ident::new(&sev, str.span())))
                 } else {
-                    let path = content.parse::<syn::Path>()?;
-                    Ok(Severity(path))
+                    let ident = content.parse::<syn::Ident>()?;
+                    let sev = get_severity(&ident.to_string(), ident.span())?;
+                    Ok(Severity(syn::Ident::new(&sev, ident.span())))
                 }
             } else {
                 input.parse::<Token![=]>()?;
-                Ok(Severity(input.parse::<syn::LitStr>()?.parse()?))
+                let str = input.parse::<syn::LitStr>()?;
+                let sev = get_severity(&str.value(), str.span())?;
+                Ok(Severity(syn::Ident::new(&sev, str.span())))
             }
         } else {
-            Err(syn::Error::new(ident.span(), "not a severity level."))
+            Err(syn::Error::new(
+                ident.span(),
+                "MIETTE BUG: not a severity option",
+            ))
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn get_severity(input: &str, span: Span) -> syn::Result<String> {
+    match input.to_lowercase().as_ref() {
+        "error" | "err" => Ok("Error".into()),
+        "warning" | "warn" => Ok("Warning".into()),
+        "advice" | "adv" | "info" => Ok("Advice".into()),
+        _ => Err(syn::Error::new(
+            span,
+            "Invalid severity level. Only Error, Warning, and Advice are supported.",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
 impl Severity {
     pub(crate) fn gen_enum(variants: &[DiagnosticVariant]) -> Option<TokenStream> {
         let sev_pairs = variants
@@ -42,10 +62,15 @@ impl Severity {
             .filter(|v| v.severity.is_some())
             .map(
                 |DiagnosticVariant {
-                     ident, severity, ..
+                     ident, severity, fields, ..
                  }| {
                      let severity = &severity.as_ref().unwrap().0;
-                     quote! { Self::#ident => std::option::Option::Some(miette::Severity::#severity), }
+                     let fields = match fields {
+                        syn::Fields::Named(_) => quote! { { .. } },
+                        syn::Fields::Unnamed(_) => quote! { (..) },
+                        syn::Fields::Unit => quote!{},
+                    };
+                     quote! { Self::#ident #fields => std::option::Option::Some(miette::Severity::#severity), }
                 },
             )
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
diff --git a/miette-derive/src/snippets.rs b/miette-derive/src/snippets.rs
index 053bd3c..9957581 100644
--- a/miette-derive/src/snippets.rs
+++ b/miette-derive/src/snippets.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
-use quote::{format_ident, quote, ToTokens};
+use quote::{format_ident, quote};
 use syn::{
     parse::{Parse, ParseStream},
     punctuated::Punctuated,
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use syn::{
 };
 
 use crate::diagnostic::DiagnosticVariant;
+use crate::utils::MemberOrString;
 
 pub struct Snippets(Vec<Snippet>);
 
@@ -33,37 +34,6 @@ struct HighlightAttr {
     snippet: syn::Member,
 }
 
-enum MemberOrString {
-    Member(syn::Member),
-    String(syn::LitStr),
-}
-
-impl ToTokens for MemberOrString {
-    fn to_tokens(&self, tokens: &mut TokenStream) {
-        use MemberOrString::*;
-        match self {
-            Member(member) => member.to_tokens(tokens),
-            String(string) => string.to_tokens(tokens),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Parse for MemberOrString {
-    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
-        let lookahead = input.lookahead1();
-        if lookahead.peek(syn::Ident) || lookahead.peek(syn::LitInt) {
-            Ok(MemberOrString::Member(input.parse()?))
-        } else if lookahead.peek(syn::LitStr) {
-            Ok(MemberOrString::String(input.parse()?))
-        } else {
-            Err(syn::Error::new(
-                input.span(),
-                "Expected a string or a field reference.",
-            ))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Parse for SnippetAttr {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let punc = Punctuated::<MemberOrString, Token![,]>::parse_terminated(input)?;
diff --git a/miette-derive/src/utils.rs b/miette-derive/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..389d849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miette-derive/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+use quote::ToTokens;
+use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
+
+pub(crate) enum MemberOrString {
+    Member(syn::Member),
+    String(syn::LitStr),
+}
+
+impl ToTokens for MemberOrString {
+    fn to_tokens(&self, tokens: &mut TokenStream) {
+        use MemberOrString::*;
+        match self {
+            Member(member) => member.to_tokens(tokens),
+            String(string) => string.to_tokens(tokens),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Parse for MemberOrString {
+    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+        let lookahead = input.lookahead1();
+        if lookahead.peek(syn::Ident) || lookahead.peek(syn::LitInt) {
+            Ok(MemberOrString::Member(input.parse()?))
+        } else if lookahead.peek(syn::LitStr) {
+            Ok(MemberOrString::String(input.parse()?))
+        } else {
+            Err(syn::Error::new(
+                input.span(),
+                "Expected a string or a field reference.",
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/derive.rs b/tests/derive.rs
index 5d700a3..eaca501 100644
--- a/tests/derive.rs
+++ b/tests/derive.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn path_code() {
 fn path_severity() {
     #[derive(Debug, Diagnostic, Error)]
     #[error("welp")]
-    #[diagnostic(code(foo::bar::baz), severity(Warning))]
+    #[diagnostic(code(foo::bar::baz), severity("warning"))]
     struct FooStruct;
 
     assert_eq!(Some(Severity::Warning), FooStruct.severity());