diff --git a/Implementierung/Makefile b/Implementierung/Makefile
index 1e99976..205f196 100644
--- a/Implementierung/Makefile
+++ b/Implementierung/Makefile
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ md2: ${OBJ}
 t/%:
 	@mkdir -p t
 	@echo
-	@echo "${BLUE}=== Generating ${subst t/,,$@}MB of random data... ===${NC}"
+	@echo -e "${BLUE}=== Generating ${subst t/,,$@}MB of random data... ===${NC}"
 	dd if=/dev/random of=$@ bs=1M count=${subst t/,,$@} status=progress
-	@echo "${BLUE}===                done                     ===${NC}"
+	@echo -e "${BLUE}===                done                     ===${NC}"
 	@echo
 
 benchmarks.csv: md2 ${TESTFILES}
diff --git a/Implementierung/src/io.c b/Implementierung/src/io.c
index e0720a9..4312cd4 100644
--- a/Implementierung/src/io.c
+++ b/Implementierung/src/io.c
@@ -35,22 +35,21 @@ uint8_t* read_file(const char* path, size_t* size) {
 
   struct sysinfo info;
   int r = sysinfo(&info);
-  if (r != 0 || info.freeram < (unsigned long)(statOfFile.st_blksize *
-                                               statOfFile.st_blocks * 2)) {
+
+  if (r != 0 || info.freeram < (unsigned long)(statOfFile.st_size * 2)) {
     errno = ENOMEM;
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  uint8_t* data = malloc(statOfFile.st_blksize * statOfFile.st_blocks);
+  uint8_t* data = malloc(statOfFile.st_size);
   if (data == NULL) {
     fclose(f);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  size_t bytesRead =
-      fread(data, statOfFile.st_blksize, statOfFile.st_blocks, f);
-  // size_t bytesRead = fread(data, sizeof(uint8_t), statOfFile.st_size, f);
-  if (bytesRead != 0 && !feof(f)) {
+  fread(data, 1, statOfFile.st_size, f);
+
+  if (ferror(f)) {
     fclose(f);
     if (errno == 0) errno = EIO;
     return NULL;