diff --git a/imageInput.c b/imageInput.c
index 574647b..0f1afa6 100644
--- a/imageInput.c
+++ b/imageInput.c
@@ -87,23 +87,33 @@ void clearSeries(GrayScaleImageSeries *series)
 unsigned int readStatusInfo(FILE *source, char *const headerString, unsigned int *const imageCount, unsigned int *const imageWidth, unsigned int *const imageHeight, int const amountToRead)
 {
     unsigned int bytesToRead = 0;
+    int numred = 0;
+    int numred2 = 0;
+    int numred3 = 0;
+    int numred4 = 0;
     
-    fread(headerString, sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__\0"),  amountToRead, source);
-    fread(imageCount,   sizeof(int),      1, source);
-    fread(imageWidth,   sizeof(int),     amountToRead, source);
-    fread(imageHeight,  sizeof(int),    amountToRead, source);
-    
+    *imageCount = 0;
+    *imageWidth = 0;
+    *imageHeight = 0;
+
+    numred = fread(headerString, sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__\0"),  1, source);
+    numred2 = fread(imageCount,   sizeof(unsigned int),      1, source);
+    numred3 = fread(imageWidth,   sizeof(unsigned int),     1, source);
+    numred4 = fread(imageHeight,  sizeof(unsigned int),    1, source);
+
+    *imageCount = 2;
+
     bytesToRead = (*imageWidth) * (*imageHeight);
-    // state of debugging: 
-    //      stopped here,
-    //      read width and height 
-    //      return nonsensical numbers
-    //      is the sizeof() command correct??
+
     printf("hier\n");
-    printf("stringsize: %lld\n", sizeof(headerString));
+    printf("numred: %d\n", numred);
+    printf("stringsize: %lld\n", sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__"));
     printf("string: %send\n", headerString);
+    printf("numred2: %d\n", numred2);
     printf("count: %u\n", *imageCount);
+    printf("numred3: %d\n", numred3);
     printf("width: %u\n", *imageWidth);
+    printf("numred4: %d\n", numred4);
     printf("height %u\n", *imageHeight);
     printf("bytes to read = %u\n", bytesToRead);
     return bytesToRead;