diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ int frame_finder(struct distrenjob *head
         }
 
     // the actual frame number to be rendered by the client is start_frame + your_frame
-    // @TODO: refine how we want to return data from this
-    //struct framejob { distrenjob_ptr; distrenjob_ptr->(&frameset[your_frame])};
+    *job = distrenjob_ptr;
+    *frame = distrenjob_ptr->frameset[your_frame];
 
       /* should the job be removed now? ANSWER: well, if a computer decides not to return their frame then we lost our data... so its not done yet. */
       fprintf(stderr, "Job %d is finished, this is probably the place to call the job-removal function\n", distrenjob_ptr->jobnum);