diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a0a2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Mac",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "macFrameworkPath": [
+                "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks"
+            ],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang",
+            "cStandard": "c17",
+            "cppStandard": "c++17",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "macos-clang-arm64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e34ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "C_Cpp.errorSquiggles": "disabled"
+}
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diff --git a/image b/image
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9b171a8
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diff --git a/image.c b/openmp_image.c
similarity index 87%
rename from image.c
rename to openmp_image.c
index 2573a5b..69bea64 100644
--- a/image.c
+++ b/openmp_image.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "image.h"
+#include "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libomp/16.0.1/include/omp.h"
 
 #define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
 #include "stb_image.h"
@@ -59,10 +60,13 @@ uint8_t getPixelValue(Image* srcImage,int x,int y,int bit,Matrix algorithm){
 void convolute(Image* srcImage,Image* destImage,Matrix algorithm){
     int row,pix,bit,span;
     span=srcImage->bpp*srcImage->bpp;
-    for (row=0;row<srcImage->height;row++){
-        for (pix=0;pix<srcImage->width;pix++){
-            for (bit=0;bit<srcImage->bpp;bit++){
-                destImage->data[Index(pix,row,srcImage->width,bit,srcImage->bpp)]=getPixelValue(srcImage,pix,row,bit,algorithm);
+    #pragma omp parallel
+    {
+        for (row=0;row<srcImage->height;row++){
+            for (pix=0;pix<srcImage->width;pix++){
+                for (bit=0;bit<srcImage->bpp;bit++){
+                    destImage->data[Index(pix,row,srcImage->width,bit,srcImage->bpp)]=getPixelValue(srcImage,pix,row,bit,algorithm);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -90,8 +94,9 @@ enum KernelTypes GetKernelType(char* type){
 //main:
 //argv is expected to take 2 arguments.  First is the source file name (can be jpg, png, bmp, tga).  Second is the lower case name of the algorithm.
 int main(int argc,char** argv){
-    long t1,t2;
-    t1=time(NULL);
+
+    struct timeval start, end;
+    gettimeofday(&start,NULL);
 
     stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load(0); 
     if (argc!=3) return Usage();
@@ -112,11 +117,17 @@ int main(int argc,char** argv){
     destImage.width=srcImage.width;
     destImage.data=malloc(sizeof(uint8_t)*destImage.width*destImage.bpp*destImage.height);
     convolute(&srcImage,&destImage,algorithms[type]);
+
+
+    gettimeofday(&end,NULL);
+    if (end.tv_usec >= start.tv_usec){
+        printf("time:%ld.%d",end.tv_sec-start.tv_sec,end.tv_usec-start.tv_usec);
+    }else{
+        printf("time:%ld.%d",end.tv_sec-start.tv_sec-1,1000000-end.tv_usec+start.tv_usec); 
+    }
     stbi_write_png("output.png",destImage.width,destImage.height,destImage.bpp,destImage.data,destImage.bpp*destImage.width);
     stbi_image_free(srcImage.data);
     
     free(destImage.data);
-    t2=time(NULL);
-    printf("Took %ld seconds\n",t2-t1);
    return 0;
 }
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diff --git a/openmptest.c b/openmptest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4607db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmptest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libomp/16.0.1/include/omp.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+ 
+    // Beginning of parallel region
+    #pragma omp parallel
+    {
+ 
+        printf("Hello World... from thread = %d\n",
+               omp_get_thread_num());
+    }
+    // Ending of parallel region
+}
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diff --git a/test b/test
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