diff --git a/autoencoder.py b/autoencoder.py
index 7de9ca0..8d05e0d 100644
--- a/autoencoder.py
+++ b/autoencoder.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import numpy as np
-from utils import regularize
+from utils import (regularize,
+                   dynamic_loss_plot_init,
+                   dynamic_loss_plot_update,
+                   dynamic_loss_plot_finish)
 import types
 
+LOADER = ['⡿', '⣟', '⣯', '⣷', '⣾', '⣽', '⣻', '⢿']
+
 
 class Encoder:
     def __init__(self,
@@ -73,6 +78,44 @@ class Autoencoder:
         error = v - reconstructed
         return np.sum(np.abs(error))
 
+    def train_dataset(self,
+                      data_set: list[np.ndarray],
+                      max_epoch: int,
+                      patience: int,
+                      display_loss: bool = False) -> list[float]:
+        if display_loss is True:
+            ax, line = dynamic_loss_plot_init()
+        losses = []
+        epoch = 0
+        no_improv = 0
+        prev_error = float('inf')
+        while True:
+            print(
+                f"{LOADER[epoch % len(LOADER)]} Training \t({epoch=} error={prev_error:.2f})", # noqa
+                end="\r"
+            )
+            error = 0
+            for x in data_set:
+                input = x.flatten()
+                error += self.train(input)
+            error /= len(data_set)
+            if error - prev_error <= 1e-8:
+                no_improv += 1
+            else:
+                no_improv = 0
+            prev_error = float(error)
+            losses.append(error)
+            if display_loss is True:
+                dynamic_loss_plot_update(ax, line, losses)
+            if no_improv > patience:
+                break
+            if epoch > max_epoch:
+                break
+            epoch += 1
+        if display_loss is True:
+            dynamic_loss_plot_finish(ax, line)
+        return losses
+
     def encode(self, v: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
         return self.encoder.forward(v)
 
diff --git a/mnist_test.py b/mnist_test.py
index 7b62a39..0bd23a9 100644
--- a/mnist_test.py
+++ b/mnist_test.py
@@ -2,48 +2,23 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 import keras
 from autoencoder import Autoencoder
-from utils import (relu,
-                   dynamic_loss_plot_init,
-                   dynamic_loss_plot_update,
-                   dynamic_loss_plot_finish)
+from utils import relu
 
 
-def mnist_embed(
+def mnist_test(
         bottleneck: int,
         max_epoch: int,
         patience: int,
         ):
-    (x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test) = keras.datasets.mnist.load_data()
+    (x_train, _), (x_test, _) = keras.datasets.mnist.load_data()
+    x_train = np.divide(x_train, 255)
+    x_test = np.divide(x_train, 255)
     in_len = x_train[0].flatten().shape[0]
-    autoencoder = Autoencoder(in_len, bottleneck, 0.001, relu)
-    ax, line = dynamic_loss_plot_init()
-    no_improv = 0
-    prev_error = float('inf')
-    losses = []
-    epoch = 0
+    autoencoder = Autoencoder(in_len, bottleneck, 0.0001, relu)
     x_train = x_train[:]
-    while True:
-        error = 0
-        for x in x_train:
-            input = x.flatten() / 255
-            error += autoencoder.train(input)
-        error /= len(x_train)
-        if error - prev_error <= 1e-8:
-            no_improv += 1
-        else:
-            no_improv = 0
-        prev_error = error
-        losses.append(error)
-        dynamic_loss_plot_update(ax, line, losses)
-        if no_improv > patience:
-            break
-        if epoch > max_epoch:
-            break
-        epoch += 1
-    print("Done!")
-    dynamic_loss_plot_finish(ax, line)
+    autoencoder.train_dataset(x_train, max_epoch, patience)
     example: np.ndarray = x_test[np.random.randint(0, len(x_test))]
-    code = autoencoder.encode(example.flatten() / 255)
+    code = autoencoder.encode(example.flatten())
     output = autoencoder.decode(code)
     plt.subplot(1, 2, 1)
     plt.matshow(example, fignum=False)
@@ -58,9 +33,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     options = "b:e:p:"
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('-b', type=int, nargs='+', default=50)
-    parser.add_argument('-e', type=int, nargs='+', default=1000)
-    parser.add_argument('-p', type=int, nargs='+', default=5)
+    parser.add_argument('-b', type=int, nargs='?', default=50)
+    parser.add_argument('-e', type=int, nargs='?', default=1000)
+    parser.add_argument('-p', type=int, nargs='?', default=5)
     args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
-
-    mnist_embed(args.b, args.e, args.p)
+    mnist_test(args.b, args.e, args.p)