diff --git a/src/md5-analyzer.py b/src/md5-analyzer.py
index f98d31e..018b2f5 100755
--- a/src/md5-analyzer.py
+++ b/src/md5-analyzer.py
@@ -13,44 +13,53 @@ import hashlib
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="md5-analyzer", description='md5 analyzer for a cryptography assignment')
     parser.add_argument('-i', '--input', type=str,
-                    help='an input that should be hashed.')
+                    help='an input that should be hashed or used with iterate')
     parser.add_argument('-a', '--print-all', action="store_true",
                     help="print all hashes in iterate mode")
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--iterate', action="store_true",
                     help='iterate 0 to 999999 (chars), generate hashes for this, analyze it\'s hashes.')
+    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action="store_true",
+                    help="print less")
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--max', action="store", type=int, default=999999,
+                    help="max value for iteration")
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
     if args.iterate:
         if not args.input:
             args.input = ""
         print('='*80)
         hashlist = []
-        max = 999999
         searchbytes = "0000"
-        for i in range(0, max + 1):
-            # max should be included, so +x for the counter
+        for i in range(0, args.max + 1):
+            # args.max should be included, so +x for the counter
             input = (args.input + str(i))
             hash = hashlib.md5(input.encode())
             # print only every 1000 lines for performance
-            if i % 1000 == 0 or args.print_all:
+            if not args.quiet and i % 1000 == 0 or args.print_all:
                 print("inp %s\t\t| out %s" % (input, hash.hexdigest()))
             if hash.hexdigest()[0:4] == searchbytes:
-                hashlist.append((i, hash.hexdigest()))
-                print("^" * 80)
+                hashlist.append((input, hash.hexdigest()))
+                if not args.quiet:
+                    print("^" * 80)
         print('='*80)
         for (index, hash) in hashlist:
-            print("ind %i\t\t| has %s" % (index, hash))
+            print("inp %s\t\t| has %s" % (index, hash))
         print('='*80)
-        size_of_first_x = 2**16
-        expected = size_of_first_x / max
-        print("found %d items.\nExpected %d (%f%%) from %d" % (len(hashlist), expected, expected / size_of_first_x, max))
+        size_searchbytes = 2**16
+        expected = 16**32 / size_searchbytes # 32 hex value chars in an md5 hash
+        print("found %d items (%f%%)" % (len(hashlist), len(hashlist) / size_searchbytes))
+        print("Expected %d (%f%%) from %d" % (expected, expected / size_searchbytes, args.max))
         exit()
+
     if args.input:
         print("Hash for '%s':\n%s" % (
             args.input,
             hashlib.md5(args.input.encode()).digest().hex()
             ))
         exit()
-    parser.print_usage()
+
+    # else print help
+    parser.print_help()