diff --git a/gamestate.h b/gamestate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e2f3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gamestate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef __gamestate_h__
+#define __gamestate_h__
+
+typedef enum gameStateEnum { MainMenu = 1, Game = 2, LevelSelect = 3, Settings = 4, Highscores = 5 } GameState;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 16ac6bf..873e5e4 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@
 #include "breakout.h"
 #include "vector.h"
 #include "startmenu.h"
+#include "gamestate.h"
 
 #ifndef __nullptr__
 #define Nullptr(type) (type *)0
 #endif // __nullptr__
 
-typedef enum gameStateEnum { MainMenu, Game, LevelSelect, Settings, Highscores } GameState;
+#define ae "\204"
+#define oe "\224"
+#define ue "\201"
+#define ss "\341"
 
 void INITIALIZE();
 void QUIT();
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ void mousePress(SDL_MouseButtonEvent b);
 void keyPress(SDL_KeyboardEvent b);
 void windowChanged(SDL_WindowEvent b);
 void toggleFullscreen();
+int readIntFromIO(char * m1, char * m2, char * m3, int min, int max);
 
 const int width = 1920;
 const int height = 1080;
@@ -38,12 +43,13 @@ SDL_Renderer * renderer;
 SDL_Event event;
 bool running = true, fullscreen = false;
 TTF_Font * font = NULL;
-GameState gameState = MainMenu;
+GameState gameState = Game;
 
 Ball ball;
 
 int main(int argc, char * args[]){
-    // system("bhi.exe");
+    printf("Spielbereiche\n\t- 1: Hauptmen"ue "\n\t- 2: Spiel\n\t- 3: Level Select\n\t- 4: Settings\n\t- 5: Highscores\n");
+    gameState = readIntFromIO("W"ae "hle einen Spielbereich aus, den du testen m"oe "chtest:", "Fehlerhafte Eingabe!\n", "%d ist kein g"ue "ltiger Spielbereich!\n", 1, 5);
     INITIALIZE();
     while (running) { // Gameloop
         while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
@@ -71,12 +77,13 @@ int main(int argc, char * args[]){
                 BREAKOUT_Draw(renderer);
                 break;
             case MainMenu:
+                // Startmenu_Update(keystate);
                 Startmenu_Draw(renderer);
                 break;
             default:
                 printf("Unknow state was updated: %d\n", gameState);
         }
-        DrawText(renderer, "FICK DICH");
+        // DrawText(renderer, "FICK DICH");
         SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
     }
     QUIT();
@@ -204,3 +211,28 @@ void QUIT(){
     printf("Quitting SDL finished!\n");
     printf("De-initializing finished!\n");
 } /* QUIT */
+
+int readIntFromIO(char * m1, char * m2, char * m3, int min, int max){
+    int nitems, num;
+
+    while (1) {
+        while (1) {
+            printf(m1);
+            nitems = scanf("%d", &num);
+            if (nitems == 0) {
+                printf(m2);
+                fflush(stdin);
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if ((num < min) || (num > max)) {
+            printf(m3, num);
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    fflush(stdin);
+    return(num);
+} /* readIntFromIO */