diff --git a/src/client/Makefile.am b/src/client/Makefile.am
--- a/src/client/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/client/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = distren
 distren_SOURCES = distren.c
 distren_LDADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@ @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistren.la
-distren_CXXFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
+distren_CFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
diff --git a/src/client/blender.c b/src/client/blender.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/blender.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2008 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca, Matt Orlando
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h> /* sprintf, printf */
+#include <stdlib.h> /* malloc, free */
+#include <string.h> /* strlen */
+
+
+int blend()
+{
+
+  char *blendercmd;
+  char *filename = "file.blend";  /* declares a variable to hold the file name */
+  char *format = "blender.exe -b \"%s\" -o //tmp/frame -f %d -F JPEG -x 1"; /* the format string to pass to sprintf */
+  unsigned int frame_to_render;
+  size_t blenderstrlen;
+
+  int toreturn;
+
+  //just prove that linking to the shared lib werkz
+  genericfunc();
+  execlisten();
+
+  // blender =   // gets blender structure from server
+
+  /*-- blender structure--
+   * file_name
+   * frame_to_render
+   * url to dl .blend file
+   */
+
+
+  frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
+
+  // file_name = job.file_name // retrieves file name from the blender structure ?
+
+  blenderstrlen = strlen(format) - 2 * 2 /* format string minus placeholders */ + strlen(filename) + intstrlen(frame_to_render) + 1 /* NULL terminator */;
+  blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
+  snprintf(blendercmd, blenderstrlen, format, filename, frame_to_render);
+  
+  fprintf(stderr, "will run ``%s''\n", blendercmd);
+
+  toreturn = system(blendercmd);
+  free(blendercmd);
+
+  return toreturn;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h> /* sprintf, printf */
 #include <stdlib.h> /* malloc, free */
-#include <string.h> /* strlen */
+#include "options.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  
+
+  return 0;
+};
 
 /* this function should probably not exist. asprintf should be used instead of sprintf */
 size_t intstrlen(size_t theint)
@@ -36,42 +43,3 @@ size_t intstrlen(size_t theint)
 }
 
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-
-  char *blendercmd;
-  char *filename = "file.blend";  /* declares a variable to hold the file name */
-  char *format = "blender.exe -b \"%s\" -o //tmp/frame -f %d -F JPEG -x 1"; /* the format string to pass to sprintf */
-  unsigned int frame_to_render;
-  size_t blenderstrlen;
-
-  int toreturn;
-
-  //just prove that linking to the shared lib werkz
-  genericfunc();
-  execlisten();
-
-  // blender =   // gets blender structure from server
-
-  /*-- blender structure--
-   * file_name
-   * frame_to_render
-   * url to dl .blend file
-   */
-
-
-  frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
-
-  // file_name = job.file_name // retrieves file name from the blender structure ?
-
-  blenderstrlen = strlen(format) - 2 * 2 /* format string minus placeholders */ + strlen(filename) + intstrlen(frame_to_render) + 1 /* NULL terminator */;
-  blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
-  snprintf(blendercmd, blenderstrlen, format, filename, frame_to_render);
-  
-  fprintf(stderr, "will run ``%s''\n", blendercmd);
-
-  toreturn = system(blendercmd);
-  free(blendercmd);
-
-  return toreturn;
-}
diff --git a/src/common/options.c b/src/common/options.c
--- a/src/common/options.c
+++ b/src/common/options.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int execlisten()
 	/* execlp("ssh", somethingness ) 0); */
 
 
-
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int genericfunc()
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ int genericfunc()
            return 1;
 /* End Conf File Parser */
 
-printf("Conf File Test", cfg_getstr(cfg, "test"));
+       printf("Conf File Test: %s\n", cfg_getstr(cfg, "test"));
 
 
   cfg_free(cfg);
 
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/server/Makefile.am b/src/server/Makefile.am
--- a/src/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/server/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = distrend
 distrend_SOURCES = distrend.c
 distrend_LDADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@ @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistren.la
-distrend_CXXFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
+distrend_CFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ struct blender_job_client // will be sen
 	int current_frame;
 };
 
-blender_text_job_parser()
+void blender_text_job_parser()
 {
 // parse text or other file for job specifications which include:
 // file_name, start_frame, and end_frame
 
 }
 
-blendere_job_que(int x, char job_to_edit[25])
+void blendere_job_que(int x, char job_to_edit[25])
 {
-	struct blender_job_server job[10]; // creates array to store the job
+  struct blender_job_server job[10]; // creates array to store the job
 
 	if (x == 0)
 	{