diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f235539..fc17ff6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@ it allocates memory
 
 ## how to use
 
-```
-usage: allocatememory -b <bytes> [-o <output file>] [-s]
-
-OPTIONS
-  -h    displays help
-  -b    number of bytes to allocate (e.g. 1024, 1g, 64K)
-  -o    file to output to
-  -s    run silently (requires -b and -o)
-  -w    disable warnings ("i know what i'm doing!")
-```
+- run the executable
+- enter how much memory you want to allocate
+        - i.e. "1g" = 1 GiB = 1073741824 bytes
+        - the limit is how much memory you have...or more. your funeral.
+- confirm (y)
+- wait for the program to allocate the memory
+- your memory is allocated
+- press ENTER or CTRL+C to free the memory and exit the program
+- ???
+- profit
 
 ## how to compile
 
-- get a c compiler (i use gcc or clang)
+- get a c compiler (i use gcc)
 - `gcc -o ./allocatememory -O2 ./main.c`
 - ???
 - profit
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 317d945..c6c3801 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #define BYTES_GIVEN     1
-#define OUTPUT_FILE     2
+#define FILENAME_GIVEN  2
 #define SILENT          4
 #define BYPASS_WARN     8
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                                 break;
                         case 'o':
                                 filename = optarg;
-                                flags |= OUTPUT_FILE;
+                                flags |= FILENAME_GIVEN;
                                 break;
                         case 's':
                                 if (size == 0 || filename == NULL) {
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         }
 
         unsigned long long int* heap = allocate_heap(size, flags & SILENT);
-        if (filename != NULL) save_heap(heap, size, filename, flags & SILENT);
 
         if (!(flags & SILENT)) {
                 if (shorthand) {
@@ -116,6 +115,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 exit(0);
         }
 
+        if (filename != NULL) save_heap(heap, size, filename, SILENT);
+
+        if (!(flags & SILENT)) printf("done!\n");
+
         free(heap);
         return 0;
 
@@ -205,6 +208,20 @@ void save_heap(unsigned long long int* heap, unsigned long long int size, char*
                 printf("failed to open %s!", filename);
                 exit(1);
         }
+
+        if (!silent) printf("please wait...\n");
+        /*
+        for (unsigned long long int i = 0; i < size / sizeof(unsigned long long int); i++) {
+                for (int p = 0; p < 8; p++) {
+                        fputc(*(&heap[i] + p), file);
+                }
+                if (i > 0 && i % (1024 * 1024 * 1024 / sizeof(long long int)) == 0) {
+                        if (!silent) printf(".");
+                        fflush(stdout);
+                }
+        }
+        if (!silent) printf("\n");
+        */
         fwrite(heap, sizeof(char), size, file);
         fputs("\n", file);
         fclose(file);