diff --git a/marian/.project b/marian/.project
index 215485f6..e5b195c5 100644
--- a/marian/.project
+++ b/marian/.project
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 			<type>1</type>
 			<locationURI>PARENT-1-PROJECT_LOC/src/marian.h</locationURI>
 		</link>
+		<link>
+			<name>mnist.h</name>
+			<type>1</type>
+			<locationURI>PARENT-1-PROJECT_LOC/src/mnist.h</locationURI>
+		</link>
 		<link>
 			<name>tensor.cu</name>
 			<type>1</type>
diff --git a/src/tensor.cu b/src/tensor.cu
index 95c684b3..6048bb43 100644
--- a/src/tensor.cu
+++ b/src/tensor.cu
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ void Tensor::Load(const std::string &path)
   }
   strm.close();
 
+  Load(hostData);
+}
 
+void Tensor::Load(const std::vector<float> &values)
+{
+	pimpl_->set(values);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/tensor.h b/src/tensor.h
index e8ff92bf..a801cd2a 100644
--- a/src/tensor.h
+++ b/src/tensor.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class Tensor {
     }
 
     void Load(const std::string &path);
+    void Load(const std::vector<float> &values);
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/test.cu b/src/test.cu
index ed43f052..1e07bdb3 100644
--- a/src/test.cu
+++ b/src/test.cu
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   
   Tensor tx({500, 784}, 1);
   Tensor ty({500, 10}, 1);
+
+  int numImg, imgSize;
+  vector<float> images = datasets::mnist::ReadImages("../examples/mnist/t10k-images-idx3-ubyte", numImg, imgSize);
+  vector<int> labels = datasets::mnist::ReadLabels("../examples/mnist/t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte");
+
   cerr << "tx=" << tx.Debug() << endl;
   cerr << "ty=" << ty.Debug() << endl;
 
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   //std::cerr << graph["pred"].val()[0] << std::endl;
   */
   
+   // XOR
   Expr x = input(shape={whatevs, 2}, name="X");
   Expr y = input(shape={whatevs, 2}, name="Y");
 
@@ -77,6 +83,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   tx.Load("../examples/xor/train.txt");
   ty.Load("../examples/xor/label.txt");
 
+
 #if 0  
   hook0(graph);
   graph.autodiff();