diff --git a/imageInput.c b/imageInput.c
index 6705850..f987e39 100644
--- a/imageInput.c
+++ b/imageInput.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 100
 #define FILE_HEADER_STRING "__info2_image_file_format__"
 
+
 /*
  * Diese Hilfsfunktionen kümmern sich um:
  * - Das Öffnen der Datei und Überprüfen des Dateinamens
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
  * - Das Einlesen der Metadaten (Anzahl der Bilder, Bildbreite und -höhe)
  *  -> Die Hilfsfunktionen garantieren, dass die Datei gültig ist, bevor mit dem Einlesen der Bilddaten fortgefahren wird.
  */
- 
+
+
 static FILE *openImageFile(const char *path) // Checks if the given filename pointer is valid (not NULL).
 {  
     if (path == NULL)
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ static FILE *openImageFile(const char *path) // Checks if the given filename poi
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return fopen(path, "rb");  // opening document in binary mode
+    return fopen(path, "rb");  //opening document in binear 
 }
 
 static int readAndCheckHeader(FILE *file) // gets the length of the header text
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ static int readAndCheckHeader(FILE *file) // gets the length of the header text
     size_t headerLength = strlen(FILE_HEADER_STRING);
     char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
 
-    if (headerLength + 1 > BUFFER_SIZE) // checks if buffer is big enough for header size
+    if (headerLength + 1 > BUFFER_SIZE) //checks if buffer is big enough for header size
     {
         return 0;
     }
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ static int readAndCheckHeader(FILE *file) // gets the length of the header text
     return 1; /* Header ok */
 }
 
+
 static int readImageMetaData(FILE *file, // reads the metadata (count, width, height) from the file and stores them in the provided pointers
                              unsigned short *count,
                              unsigned short *width,
@@ -62,12 +65,12 @@ static int readImageMetaData(FILE *file, // reads the metadata (count, width, he
     {
         return 0;
     }
-    if (fread(height, sizeof(unsigned short), 1, file) != 1) // reads the image height
+    if (fread(height, sizeof(unsigned short), 1, file) != 1) //reads the image height
     {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (*count == 0 || *width == 0 || *height == 0) // check for invalid metadata (count, width or height cannot be zero)
+    if (*count == 0 || *width == 0 || *height == 0)  // check for invalid metadata (count, width or height cannot be zero)
     {
         return 0;
     }
@@ -75,36 +78,55 @@ static int readImageMetaData(FILE *file, // reads the metadata (count, width, he
     return 1;
 }
 
+
+/*
+    Hauptfunktion
+*/
 GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
 {
     // 1. Open the file
     FILE *file = openImageFile(path);
-    if (file == NULL) {
+    if (file == NULL)
+    {
         return NULL;
     }
 
     // 2. Check the header
-    if (!readAndCheckHeader(file)) {
+    if (!readAndCheckHeader(file))
+    {
+        fclose(file);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     // 3. Read image metadata
-    unsigned short count, width, height;
-    if (!readImageMetaData(file, &count, &width, &height)) {
+    unsigned short count = 0;
+    unsigned short width = 0;
+    unsigned short height = 0;
+
+    if (!readImageMetaData(file, &count, &width, &height))
+    {
+        fclose(file);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     // 4. Allocate memory for image series
-    GrayScaleImageSeries *series = malloc(sizeof(GrayScaleImageSeries)); // Allocate memory for the image series, images, and labels. Return NULL if allocation fails.
-
-    if (series == NULL) {
+    GrayScaleImageSeries *series = (GrayScaleImageSeries *)malloc(sizeof(GrayScaleImageSeries)); // Allocate memory for the image series, images, and labels. Return NULL if allocation fails.
+    if (series == NULL)
+    {
+        fclose(file);
         return NULL;
     }
-    series->count = count;
-    series->images = calloc(count, sizeof(GrayScaleImage));
-    series->labels = malloc(count * sizeof(unsigned char));
-    if (series->images == NULL || series->labels == NULL) {
+
+    series->count  = count;
+    series->images = (GrayScaleImage *)calloc(count, sizeof(GrayScaleImage));
+    series->labels = (unsigned char *)malloc(count * sizeof(unsigned char));
+
+    if (series->images == NULL || series->labels == NULL)
+    {
+        free(series->images);
+        free(series->labels);
         free(series);
+        fclose(file);
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -112,18 +134,81 @@ GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; i++)
     {
         GrayScaleImage *image = &series->images[i];
-        unsigned char *label = &series->labels[i];
 
-        if (fread(image->buffer, sizeof(GrayScalePixelType), width * height, file) != width * height) // Check if the correct number of pixel values (width * height) were read for the image
+        image->width  = (unsigned int)width;
+        image->height = (unsigned int)height;
+
+        size_t numPixels = (size_t)width * (size_t)height;
+
+        image->buffer = (GrayScalePixelType *)malloc(numPixels * sizeof(GrayScalePixelType));
+        if (image->buffer == NULL)
         {
-            return 0;
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j < i; j++)
+            {
+                free(series->images[j].buffer);
+            }
+            free(series->images);
+            free(series->labels);
+            free(series);
+            fclose(file);
+            return NULL;
         }
 
-        if (fread(label, sizeof(unsigned char), 1, file) != 1) // Check if the label for the image was successfully read (1 byte)
+        if (fread(image->buffer, sizeof(GrayScalePixelType), numPixels, file) != numPixels) // Check if the correct number of pixel values (width * height) were read for the image
         {
-            return 0;
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
+            {
+                free(series->images[j].buffer);
+            }
+            free(series->images);
+            free(series->labels);
+            free(series);
+            fclose(file);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (fread(&series->labels[i], sizeof(unsigned char), 1, file) != 1) // Check if the label for the image was successfully read (1 byte)
+        {
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
+            {
+                free(series->images[j].buffer);
+            }
+            free(series->images);
+            free(series->labels);
+            free(series);
+            fclose(file);
+            return NULL;
         }
     }
-   
+
+    fclose(file);
     return series;
 }
+
+// TODO Vervollständigen Sie die Funktion clearSeries, welche eine Bildserie vollständig aus dem Speicher freigibt
+void clearSeries(GrayScaleImageSeries *series)
+{
+    if (series == NULL)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (series->images != NULL)
+    {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < series->count; i++)
+        {
+            free(series->images[i].buffer);
+            series->images[i].buffer = NULL;
+        }
+        free(series->images);
+        series->images = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (series->labels != NULL)
+    {
+        free(series->labels);
+        series->labels = NULL;
+    }
+
+    free(series);
+}
diff --git a/runImageInputTests b/runImageInputTests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11637df
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diff --git a/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Info.plist b/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Info.plist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfe5e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+	<dict>
+		<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+		<string>English</string>
+		<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+		<string>com.apple.xcode.dsym.runImageInputTests</string>
+		<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+		<string>6.0</string>
+		<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+		<string>dSYM</string>
+		<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+		<string>????</string>
+		<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+		<string>1.0</string>
+		<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+		<string>1</string>
+	</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/runImageInputTests b/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/runImageInputTests
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc02664
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diff --git a/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Resources/Relocations/aarch64/runImageInputTests.yml b/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Resources/Relocations/aarch64/runImageInputTests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5931690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runImageInputTests.dSYM/Contents/Resources/Relocations/aarch64/runImageInputTests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+triple:          'arm64-apple-darwin'
+binary-path:     runImageInputTests
+relocations:     []
+...