diff --git a/imageInput.c b/imageInput.c
index 0f782b4..cb7b68e 100644
--- a/imageInput.c
+++ b/imageInput.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int checkDimensions(unsigned int width, unsigned int height){
 
     int ok = 0;
     
-    if(width == 10 && height == 10)
+    if(width > 0 && height > 0)
         return ok = 1;
     
     else 
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
         free(series);
         fclose(fp);
         return NULL;
+
+        series -> images[i].buffer = malloc(width * height);
     }
 
    for(int i = 0; i < numImages; i++)
@@ -109,11 +111,11 @@ GrayScaleImageSeries *readImages(const char *path)
         series -> images[i].width = width;
         series -> images[i].height = height;
 
-        fread(series -> images[i].buffer, width * height, 1, fp);
 
         if(fread(series -> images[i].buffer, width * height, 1, fp) != (width * height))
         {
             clearSeries(series);
+            fclose(fp);
             return NULL;
         }