diff --git a/processing/post/spectral_post.py b/processing/post/spectral_post.py
index 05311a5c0..67d7dfb11 100644
--- a/processing/post/spectral_post.py
+++ b/processing/post/spectral_post.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import binascii
+import array
+import struct
 print('post processing for mpie_spectral')
 
-results = open('results.out', 'rb')
-
+filename ='results.out'
+results = open(filename, 'rb')
+print('filename:', filename)
 header = results.read(4) #read header
 begin = results.tell()
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ end = results.read(1024).find(header) #find header (second time)
 results.seek(begin+11) #position: header + string "workingdir "
 workingdir = results.read(end -11)
 print('workingdir:', workingdir)
-#
+
 results.seek(begin+end+4)
 
 header = results.read(4)
@@ -32,8 +34,17 @@ results.seek(begin+8) #position: header + string "workingdir "
 jobname = results.read(end -8)
 print('jobname:', jobname)
 
-header = b'a'
-results.seek(begin+end+19)
-print(results.seek(begin+end+19))
-begin = results.read(1024).find(header)
-print(begin)
+results.seek(results.tell()+4)
+header = results.read(4)
+
+
+resolution = array.array('i',[0,0,0])
+
+header1 = b'a'
+begin = results.seek(results.tell()+11)
+begin = begin + results.read(1024).find(header1)
+results.seek(begin+1)
+resolution[0]=struct.unpack('i',results.read(4))[0]
+
+print(resolution)
+