diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     }
 
     /* Variable-fillers which require XML */
-    // outputExt = myjob.outputFormat; /* @TODO: FIXME! */
+    outputExt = myjob.outputFormat; /* @TODO: FIXME! */
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile