diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 113e5e8..461b2a6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ project(c_net C)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 
-add_executable(c_net main.c matrix.c image.c neuronal_network.c)
+add_executable(c_net main.c matrix.c image.c neuronal_network.c util.c util.h)
 target_link_libraries(c_net m)
diff --git a/image.c b/image.c
index 2ff1f67..c35626f 100644
--- a/image.c
+++ b/image.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "image.h"
 #include "matrix.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 void big_endian_to_c_uint(const char * bytes, void * target, int size) {
     char* helper = (char*)target;
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ void big_endian_to_c_uint(const char * bytes, void * target, int size) {
 }
 
 
-Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned int* _number_imported, unsigned int count) {
-
+Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, int* _number_imported, int count) {
+    printf("Loading Images\n");
     // create file pointer for the image and label data
     FILE* image_file = fopen(image_file_string, "r");
     FILE* label_file = fopen(label_file_string, "r");
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned
     char word_buffer[4];
     int buffer_size = sizeof(word_buffer);
 
-    unsigned int magic_number_label, magic_number_images, label_count, image_count;
+    int magic_number_label, magic_number_images, label_count, image_count;
 
     //Read description of label file
     fread(word_buffer, buffer_size, 1, label_file);
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if(count == 0){
+    if(count <= 0){
         count = image_count;
     }
 
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned
 
     unsigned char byteBuffer[image_length];
     for(int i = 0; i < count; i++){
+        if(i%1000 == 0){
+            updateBar(i*100/count);
+        }
         images[i] = malloc(sizeof(Image));
         fread(&images[i]->label, 1, 1, label_file);
         fread(&byteBuffer, image_width*image_height, 1, image_file);
@@ -97,6 +101,9 @@ Image** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned
 
     fclose(image_file);
     fclose(label_file);
+
+    updateBar(100);
+    printf("\n");
     return images;
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ void img_visualize(Image* img){
         }
         putc('\n', stdout);
     }
-    printf("Should be %d", img->label);
+    printf("Should be %d\n", img->label);
 }
 
 void img_free (Image* img) {
diff --git a/image.h b/image.h
index 969251a..5f146df 100644
--- a/image.h
+++ b/image.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static const int MAGIC_NUMBER_IMAGES = 2051;
  * @param count maximum number of images to be loaded. If it is 0, all available images are loaded.
  * @return
  */
-Image ** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, unsigned int* number_imported, unsigned int count);
+Image ** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, int* number_imported, int count);
 void img_print (Image* image);
 void img_visualize(Image*image);
 void img_free (Image* image);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/neuronal_network.c b/neuronal_network.c
index e3a939e..dce7544 100644
--- a/neuronal_network.c
+++ b/neuronal_network.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Neural_Network* load_network(char* file) {
     return saved_network;
 }
 
-double predict_images(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount) {
+double measure_network_accuracy(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount) {
     int num_correct = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
         Matrix* prediction = predict_image(network, images[i]);
diff --git a/neuronal_network.h b/neuronal_network.h
index 9c8791d..30e7c89 100644
--- a/neuronal_network.h
+++ b/neuronal_network.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void free_network(Neural_Network* network);
 void save_network(Neural_Network* network);
 Neural_Network* load_network(char* file);
 
-double predict_images(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount);
+double measure_network_accuracy(Neural_Network* network, Image** images, int amount);
 Matrix* predict_image(Neural_Network* network, Image* image);
 Matrix* predict(Neural_Network* network, Matrix* image_data);
 
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e55bd3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+// Created by jakob on 21.09.2023.
+//
+
+#include "util.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+void updateBar(int percent_done){
+    const int BAR_LENGTH = 30;
+    int numChar = percent_done * BAR_LENGTH / 100;
+
+    printf("\r[");
+    for(int i = 0; i < numChar; i++){
+        printf("#");
+    }
+    for(int i = 0; i < BAR_LENGTH - numChar; i++){
+        printf(".");
+    }
+    printf("] (%d%%)", percent_done);
+    fflush(stdout);
+}
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a24bfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//
+// Created by jakob on 21.09.2023.
+//
+
+#ifndef C_NET_UTIL_H
+#define C_NET_UTIL_H
+
+#endif //C_NET_UTIL_H
+void updateBar(int percentDone);