diff --git a/Start_Mac/game.c b/Start_Mac/game.c
index afe388a..6d9b59d 100644
--- a/Start_Mac/game.c
+++ b/Start_Mac/game.c
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
       int voll = 0;
       int tries = 0;
 
+      for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; i++)
+      {
+         for (int j = 0; j < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; j++)
+         {
+            salad[i][j] = EMPTY_CHAR;
+         }
+      }
+
       if (vertikal_horizontal == VERTIKAL) {
 
          tries = 0;
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             positionX = rand() % (searchFieldLen);
             positionY = rand() % (searchFieldLen-leange);
             for(int j = positionY; j < positionY+leange ; j++) { //überprüfung ob alle positionen 0 sind
-               if(salad[j][positionX] != '0') {
+               if(salad[j][positionX] != EMPTY_CHAR) {
                   voll = 1;
                }
             }
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             }
             placedWordsCount++;
          } else if (voll == 1)
-            printf("Das Wort '%s' konnte nicht plaziert werden", words[i]);
+            printf("Das Wort '%s' konnte nicht plaziert werden\n", words[i]);
    
       } else if (vertikal_horizontal == HORIZONTAL) {
 
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             positionY = rand() % (searchFieldLen);
             positionX = rand() % (searchFieldLen-leange);
             for(int j = positionX; j < positionX+leange ; j++) { //überprüfung ob alle positionen 0 sind
-               if(salad[positionY][j] != '0') {
+               if(salad[positionY][j] != EMPTY_CHAR) {
                   voll = 1;
                }
             }
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             }
             placedWordsCount++;
          } else if (voll == 1)
-            printf("Das Wort '%s' konnte nicht plaziert werden", words[i]);
+            printf("Das Wort '%s' konnte nicht plaziert werden\n", words[i]);
 
       } else
          printf("Fehler bei Vertikal Horizontal Wert: %d", vertikal_horizontal);
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
 
    for(int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++) {
       for(int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++) {
-         if(salad[i][j] == '0') {
+         if(salad[i][j] == EMPTY_CHAR) {
             salad[i][j] = buchstaben[rand() % anzahlBuchstaben];
          }
       }
diff --git a/Start_Mac/game.o b/Start_Mac/game.o
index 6d3f9e2..8584adc 100644
Binary files a/Start_Mac/game.o and b/Start_Mac/game.o differ
diff --git a/Start_Mac/main.c b/Start_Mac/main.c
index 4ff149a..856b509 100644
--- a/Start_Mac/main.c
+++ b/Start_Mac/main.c
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
             unsigned int placedWords = 0;
             char wordSalad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN]; // 2D array to store the word salad
-            for(int i = 0; i < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; i++) {
-                for(int j = 0; j < MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN; j++) {
-                    wordSalad[i][j] = '0';
-                }
-            }
             
             // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
             wordCount = readWords(file, words, MAX_NUMBER_OF_WORDS);
diff --git a/Start_Mac/main.o b/Start_Mac/main.o
index 035cd2c..2feae68 100644
Binary files a/Start_Mac/main.o and b/Start_Mac/main.o differ
diff --git a/Start_Mac/wordsalad b/Start_Mac/wordsalad
index 769a27d..a7dcfd0 100755
Binary files a/Start_Mac/wordsalad and b/Start_Mac/wordsalad differ