Njick:
I have actually, but for some reason the flikkering is gone when i reset the 4017's after the for loop, but once i put the reset before the for loop the led's are brighter but flikkering like crazy.
I can't explain why that happens, it makes no sense to me. Resetting after the loop means that the leds will be on only for a tiny fraction of a second before the reset switches them off again. Resetting before the loop should mean that the leds are on all the time except for a tiny fraction of a second. Where the reset is done does not affect the speed that the code runs, so should not either increase or decrease the flickering, except that the flickering might appear less noticeable if the leds are dim.
Can you post that schematic? And the code with the resets done before the loops? Perhaps even a video showing the flickering of the two versions of code, although flickering can be difficult to show on a video.