diff --git a/imageInput.c b/imageInput.c
index 5055210..47e78a3 100644
--- a/imageInput.c
+++ b/imageInput.c
@@ -214,15 +214,30 @@ GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
     }
     
 
-   if(!ReadImagesAndLabels(fp, series, numImages, width, height)){
+    if(!ReadImagesAndLabels(fp, series, numImages, width, height)){
         fclose(fp);
         return NULL;
-   }
-   
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);   
     return series;
 }
 
 // TODO Vervollständigen Sie die Funktion clearSeries, welche eine Bildserie vollständig aus dem Speicher freigibt
 void clearSeries(GrayScaleImageSeries *series)
 {
+    if (series == NULL){
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < series->count; i++){
+
+        free(series->images[i].buffer); 
+    }
+
+        
+    free(series->images); 
+    free(series->labels);
+    free(series);
+   
 }
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