diff --git a/imageInput.c b/imageInput.c
index da49d25..e17d387 100644
--- a/imageInput.c
+++ b/imageInput.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
     FILE                    *readSource;
     unsigned int            numberOfBytesToRead         = 0;
     const unsigned int      amountOfStatusInfoToRead    = 1;
-    char                    headerString[sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__")] = "__info2_image_file_format__";
+    char                    headerString[sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__\0")] = "";
 
     //speicher allocaten weil *series auf null zeigt !!!!!!!!
 
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ unsigned int readStatusInfo(FILE *source, char *const headerString, unsigned int
 {
     unsigned int bytesToRead = 0;
     
-    fread(headerString, sizeof(*headerString),  amountToRead, source);
-    fread(imageCount,   sizeof(*imageCount),     amountToRead, source);
-    fread(imageWidth,   sizeof(*imageWidth),     amountToRead, source);
-    fread(imageHeight,  sizeof(*imageHeight),    amountToRead, source);
+    fread(headerString, sizeof("__info2_image_file_format__\0"),  amountToRead, source);
+    fread(imageCount,   4,      1, source);
+    fread(imageWidth,   sizeof(int),     amountToRead, source);
+    fread(imageHeight,  sizeof(int),    amountToRead, source);
     
     bytesToRead = (*imageWidth) * (*imageHeight);
     // state of debugging: 
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ unsigned int readStatusInfo(FILE *source, char *const headerString, unsigned int
     //      return nonsensical numbers
     //      is the sizeof() command correct??
     printf("hier\n");
-    printf("bytes to read = %u", bytesToRead);
+    printf("stringsize: %lld\n", sizeof(headerString));
+    printf("string: %send\n", headerString);
+    printf("count: %u\n", *imageCount);
+    printf("width: %u\n", *imageWidth);
+    printf("height %u\n", *imageHeight);
+    printf("bytes to read = %u\n", bytesToRead);
     return bytesToRead;
 }
 
diff --git a/testFile.info2 b/testFile.info2
index 86c028a..1ea3b4c 100644
Binary files a/testFile.info2 and b/testFile.info2 differ