diff --git a/matrix.c b/matrix.c
index e2f4416..62a82d7 100644
--- a/matrix.c
+++ b/matrix.c
@@ -248,21 +248,29 @@ Matrix* transpose(Matrix* matrix) {
 
 //file operations
 void matrix_save(Matrix* matrix, char* file_string){
-    FILE *fptr = fopen(file_string, "w+");
-    if(!fptr){
-        printf("Unable to get handle for \"%s\"", file_string);
+
+    // open the file in append mode
+    FILE *file = fopen(file_string, "a");
+
+    // check if the file could be found
+    if(file == NULL) {
+        printf("ERROR: Unable to get handle for \"%s\"! (matrix_save)", file_string);
         exit(1);
     }
-    fprintf(fptr, "%d\n", matrix->rows);
-    fprintf(fptr, "%d\n", matrix->columns);
 
+    // save the size of the matrix
+    fprintf(file, "%d\n", matrix->rows);
+    fprintf(file, "%d\n", matrix->columns);
+
+    // save all the numbers of the matrix into the file
     for(int i = 0; i < matrix->rows; i++){
         for(int j = 0; j < matrix->columns; j++){
-            fprintf(fptr, "%.10f\n", matrix->numbers[i][j]);
+            fprintf(file, "%.10f\n", matrix->numbers[i][j]);
         }
     }
-    printf("saved matrix to %s", file_string);
-    fclose(fptr);
+
+    // close the file
+    fclose(file);
 }
 
 Matrix* matrix_load(char* file_string){
diff --git a/neuronal_network.c b/neuronal_network.c
index 3b773e5..6a352d6 100644
--- a/neuronal_network.c
+++ b/neuronal_network.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "neuronal_network.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 Neural_Network* new_network(int input_size, int hidden_size, int output_size, double learning_rate){
     Neural_Network network = malloc(sizeof(Neural_Network));
@@ -35,8 +37,52 @@ void free_network(Neural_Network* network){
 }
 
 
-void save_network(Neural_Network* network, char* file);
-Neural_Network* load_network(char* file);
+void save_network(Neural_Network* network) {
+
+    // create file name and file string
+    time_t seconds;
+    time(&seconds);
+    char* file_name = "../networks/";
+    sprintf(file_name, "%ld", seconds);
+
+    // create file
+    FILE* save_file = fopen(file_name, "w");
+
+    // check if file is successfully opened
+    if(save_file == NULL) {
+        printf("ERROR: Something went wrong in file creation! (save_network)");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // save network size to first line of the file
+    fprintf(save_file, "%d\n", network->input_size);
+    fprintf(save_file, "%d\n", network->hidden_size);
+    fprintf(save_file, "%d\n", network->output_size);
+
+    // close the file
+    fclose(file_name);
+
+    // save first layer
+    matrix_save(network->bias_1, file_name);
+    matrix_save(network->weights_1, file_name);
+
+    // save second layer
+    matrix_save(network->bias_2, file_name);
+    matrix_save(network->weights_2, file_name);
+
+    // save third layer
+    matrix_save(network->bias_3, file_name);
+    matrix_save(network->weights_3, file_name);
+
+    // save output weights
+    matrix_save(network->weights_output, file_name);
+
+    printf("Network Saved!");
+}
+
+Neural_Network* load_network(char* file) {
+
+}
 
 double predict_images(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount) {
     int num_correct = 0;
diff --git a/neuronal_network.h b/neuronal_network.h
index a21d553..09ec61c 100644
--- a/neuronal_network.h
+++ b/neuronal_network.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Neural_Network* new_network(int input_size, int hidden_size, int output_size, do
 //void print_network(Neural_Network* network);
 void free_network(Neural_Network* network);
 
-void save_network(Neural_Network* network, char* file);
+void save_network(Neural_Network* network);
 Neural_Network* load_network(char* file);
 
 double predict_images(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount);