diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -176,21 +176,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   // ------------------------------
   // Ok, this is just to do something to keep distren aliveish... Kill if needed/wanted/meh'd. Borrowed some code from matt's blender.c
 
-    // We need calls to populate os. This is pretty rudimentary. Should be moved to shared, or use bultin something. Change on compiletime?
-    char *os = "nix";
-    if(os == 'win32'){char *bin = 'blender.exe'}
-    else{char *bin = 'blender'} // mac/*nix
+
+// Vars to fill:
+    int os=1;
+    unsigned int frame_to_render; // initialize this somewhere else...
+    frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
+    char *filename;
+
+
+    if(os == 1){char *bin = 'blender.exe';}
+    else{char *bin = 'blender';}   // mac/*nix
 
     // Placeholders? figure out what the last one is...
     char *format = "%s -b \"%s\" -o %s -f %d -F JPEG -x 1",bin,input,output; /* the format string to pass to sprintf */
+     size_t blenderstrlen;
 
-     unsigned int frame_to_render; // initialize this somewhere else...
-     size_t blenderstrlen;
-     frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
-
-// This seems pretty ridik. Just sayin'. We gotta switch this up.
+     // This seems pretty ridik. Just sayin'. We gotta switch this up.
      blenderstrlen = strlen(format) - 2 * 2 /* format string minus placeholders */ + strlen(filename) + intstrlen(frame_to_render) + 1 /* NULL terminator */;
-     blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
+     char *blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
      snprintf(blendercmd, blenderstrlen, format, filename, frame_to_render);
 
      fprintf(stderr, "will run job num. %d ``%s''\n",jobid,blendercmd);