diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.c b/Start_Windows/input.c
index ed77805..7bbe95a 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,30 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    //kein fopen und close nötig, weil dies schon in der main passiert und mit *file übergeben wird//
+    
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+if (!file)
+{
+    perror("Error invalid pointer to file");
+    return -1;
+} 
+
+char line[1024];
+unsigned int count = 0;
+
+while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) && count < maxWordCount)
+{
+    line[strcspn(line, "\n")] = '\0';
+
+    char *token = strtok(line, " ;,");
+while (token && count < maxWordCount)
+{
+    strcpy(words[count], token);
+    count++;
+    token = strtok(NULL, " ;,");
+}
+
+}
+return count;
+}
diff --git a/Start_Windows/main.c b/Start_Windows/main.c
index bc48730..dfbf11f 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/main.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/main.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
             else
             {
-                 startGame(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, placedWords, 800);
+                 startGame(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, placedWords, 1024);
             }
         }
         else
diff --git a/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe b/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe
index d06efb3..339a53c 100644
Binary files a/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe and b/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe differ