diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ec5168..30e22c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Da nur die **fehlenden** Bilder geprüft werden, ist das Skript nach dem initial
 
 ## Vorraussetzung
 
-`curl`: Sollte standardmäßig auf Linux installiert sein.
+`curl` `sed` `tail` `wc` `ping`: Sollte standardmäßig auf Linux installiert sein.
 `jq`: Kann über den Paketmanager installiert werden:
 
 ```bash
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Das Script 3 Anpassungen um zu funktionieren
 
 **Beispiel:**
 ```bash
-base_url="http://192.168.178.30:8096"
+api_url="http://192.168.178.30:8096"
 api_key="18b973511efd4887a24e14fbdf8f61d5"
 user_id="69c0f432ec3a46b58cbf2e900f5a3fd5"
 ```
diff --git a/shell_jellyfin_actors_images_fix.sh b/shell_jellyfin_actors_images_fix.sh
index 3b99adb..e6b315a 100644
--- a/shell_jellyfin_actors_images_fix.sh
+++ b/shell_jellyfin_actors_images_fix.sh
@@ -1,33 +1,105 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# API-Endpunkte und API-Schlüssel
-base_url="http://192.168.178.30:8096"
-api_key="18b973511efd4887a24e14fbdf8f61d5"
-user_id="69c0f432ec3a46b58cbf2e900f5a3fd5"
+# API endpoint and your API key
+# api_url="http://172.16.16.11:8096/emby" (dont forget the "/emby".. even though you use Jellyfin)
+# api_key="xaxajsklujkjaskjaklsjokajss"
+# user_id="kjkhkjahdjhsakjdhsakjdhkasd"
 
-# Hole die Liste der Personen
-echo "Abrufen der Personenliste..."
-response=$(curl -s "${base_url}/emby/Persons?api_key=${api_key}")
+api_url="http://server-ip:8096/emby"
+api_key=""
+user_id=""
 
-# Finde Personen ohne ImageTags und extrahiere die IDs
-ids=($(echo "$response" | jq -c '.Items[] | select(.ImageTags | length == 0)' | jq -r '.Id' | sort -u))
-total=${#ids[@]}  # Gesamtzahl der IDs
+server_ip=$(echo "$api_url" | sed -E 's#^https?://([^:/]+).*$#\1#')
 
-echo "Gefundene Personen ohne ImageTags: $total"
+# --- ANSI escape codes for colors ---
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 
-# Iteriere durch die IDs mit Fortschrittsanzeige
-for ((i=0; i<total; i++)); do
-  id=${ids[i]}
-  remaining=$((total - i - 1)) # Verbleibende Anfragen
-  echo "[$((i + 1))/$total] Verarbeite Person mit ID: $id ($remaining verbleibend)"
-  
-  # Sende die Anfrage
-  curl -s "${base_url}/Users/${user_id}/Items/${id}?api_key=${api_key}" >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo " ^|^s Anfrage f  r ID $id erfolgreich."
+# --- Check for force flag ---
+force_flag=false
+if [[ "$1" == "--force" ]]; then
+  force_flag=true
+fi
+
+# --- Check server ping ---
+if ping -c 1 "$server_ip" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Server is reachable.${NC}"
+else
+  echo -e "${RED}✘ Server is not reachable. Exiting.${NC}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Fetch person data ---
+person_data=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" "$api_url/Persons?api_key=$api_key")
+status_code=$(echo "$person_data" | tail -n 1)
+person_data=$(echo "$person_data" | sed '$d')
+
+if [[ "$status_code" == "200" ]]; then
+  echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Successfully retrieved person data.${NC}"
+else
+  echo -e "${RED}✘ Failed to retrieve person data. Server response code: $status_code${NC}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Count the total number of persons ---
+total_persons=$(echo "$person_data" | jq -r '.Items | length')
+echo -e "Total number of persons: ${YELLOW}$total_persons${NC}"
+
+# --- Process persons based on force flag ---
+if [[ "$force_flag" == true ]]; then
+  echo "Processing all persons (force flag enabled)."
+  jq_expression='.Items[] | .Id'  # Process all persons
+else
+  echo "Processing only persons without ImageTags."
+  jq_expression='.Items[] | select(.ImageTags == null) | .Id'  # Filter for those without ImageTags
+fi
+
+# --- Get the count of persons to be processed ---
+persons_to_process=$(echo "$person_data" | jq -r "$jq_expression" | wc -l)
+
+# --- Progress bar function ---
+show_progress_bar() {
+  local current=$1
+  local total=$2
+  local bar_length=50
+  local filled_length=$((($current * $bar_length) / $total))
+  local remaining_length=$((bar_length - filled_length))
+  local bar=$(printf "%${filled_length}s" '' | tr ' ' '=')
+  local remaining=$(printf "%${remaining_length}s" '' | tr ' ' '-')
+  local color=$3  # Color for the progress bar
+  printf "\r${color}Progress:${NC} [%s%s] %d/%d" "$bar" "$remaining" "$current" "$total"
+}
+
+# --- Process each person ID  ---
+if [[ "$persons_to_process" -gt 0 ]]; then
+  current_person=0
+  consecutive_errors=0
+  echo "$person_data" | jq -r "$jq_expression" | while read -r person_id; do 
+    response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" "$api_url/Users/$user_id/Items/$person_id?api_key=$api_key")
+    person_details=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')
+    status_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -n 1)
+
+    if [[ "$status_code" == "200" ]]; then
+      ((current_person++))
+      consecutive_errors=0
+      show_progress_bar "$current_person" "$persons_to_process" "$GREEN"
+    else
+      ((consecutive_errors++))
+      show_progress_bar "$current_person" "$persons_to_process" "$RED"
+      echo -e "\n${RED}✘ Error processing person ID '$person_id'. Server response code: $status_code${NC}"
+      if [[ "$consecutive_errors" -ge 10 ]]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}✘ Too many consecutive errors. Stopping.${NC}"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  printf "\n" # Print a newline after the progress bar
+else
+  if [[ "$force_flag" == true ]]; then
+    echo "No persons found." # If --force is used and no persons are found
   else
-    echo " ^|^w Anfrage f  r ID $id fehlgeschlagen."
+    echo "No persons found without ImageTags."
   fi
-done
-
-echo "Verarbeitung abgeschlossen!"
\ No newline at end of file
+fi