diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ B-Initial of person who needs to fix thi
 M-LordofWar needs to fix this
 E-normaldotcom needs to fix this
 x-finished task
+=-Long-term goal
 
 Build
 
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ Slave
 *-Add calls to remoteio, once it works or even before it works
  -Add code to write arguments for exec_blender based on the contents of a job's xml file
 *-Other XML-writing/reading
+	+Parse XML file and toss data in blendjob struct
+	+Update exec_blender() to use the struct rather than other vars
  -Add errorcatchers to return in libcurl functions
+=-Make code more flexible for different types of jobs
 
 Options
  -Rewrite some stuff, try to make it simpler
diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -112,25 +112,24 @@ options_init(argc,argv,&my_cfg, myopts, 
 	}
 
 
-/* Somewhat pseudo Rendering code */
+
+/* These should all be filled by remotio and other code @TODO: Make this less blender-specific and more jobtype-flexible */
+int jobnum;
+int framenum;
 
-/* These should all be filled by remotio and other code */
-int jobnum;   // Filled by the server telling the client what to render
-int framenum; // same as above
-char *outputext = "JPG";
+/* These should be filled by the xml file that comes with a job */
+char *outputExt = "JPG";
+char *outputRes = "1600x1200";
+
 int gotframe; // set this to 1 after data for a job is received from the server
-
 int busy = 0;     // Client business 1=busy 0=idle
 
-char *pathtoOutput;
-
-
 char *urltoTar;  // Full URL to the server-side location of job#.tgz
 char *pathtoTar; // Full path to the location of the job#.tgz
 
 char *urltoOutput;   // Full URL where output is posted
 char *pathtoJobfile; // Full path to the job's main file
-
+char *pathtoOutput;  // Full path to the output (rendered) file
 
 // If the slave is getting job info...
 if(gotframe ==1)
@@ -151,10 +150,16 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
 
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoJobfile, "%s/%s/job.blend", datadir, jobdatapath ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
     _distren_asprintf(&urltoOutput, "http://protofusion.org/distren/stor/job%d/output/", jobdatapath ); // Prepares the URL where output is posted
-    _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputext ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
+    _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
+
+    //  Download the data if it isn't  present. (prevents re-downloading for same-job frames) @TODO: Delete old job data
 
-    //  Download the data
-    curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar); // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add a progressbar
+      struct stat buffer;
+      int fstatus = stat(pathtoJobfile, &buffer);
+      if(fstatus != -1){
+              fprintf(stderr, "Using cached job file...\n");
+              curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar); // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add a progressbar
+      }
 
     _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum); /*< @todo free() */
     mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750);
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     system(tarcmd);
     free(tarcmd);
 
-    // exec_blender(blendjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // So this should grab data from the struct? I have no idea. @TODO: Ohnobinki, we should clear this up.
+    // exec_blender(blendjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: Make a xml --> struct function
 
     // Consider placing the following in the exec_blender() function
     while(busy == 1){
diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+
+/** Stub, writes struct from xml */
+int buildstruct(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *pathtoxml){
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /** Stub stub stubbiness ugh */
 void tell_the_server(char *stuff){
 }
@@ -315,13 +321,14 @@ return 1; // Success
 */
 
 /** Executor function for Blender operations */
-void exec_blender(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *input, char *output, int frame)
+void exec_blender(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *input, char *output, char *outputres, int frame)
 {
   int ret;
   char *frame_str;
 
   /* start execio code */
   char *command = "blender"; // @TODO: append .exe if win32?
+  // @TODO: Put in code for output resolution, maybe... mayyyyyyybe....
   char *cmd[] = { command, "-b", "-o", output, input, "-f", frame_str, (char *)NULL };
 
   char buf[10];
diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.h b/src/server/slavefuncs.h
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.h
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.h
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 #include "blendjob.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-
+int buildstruct(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *pathtoxml);
+void tell_the_server(char *stuff);
 size_t curl_writetodisk(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream);
 int curlget(char *url, char *out);
 int curlpost(char *filename, char *url);
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ int ssh_keygen();
 int register_user(char *username, char *email);
 int login_user(char *username);
 int conf_replace(char *username);
-void exec_blender(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *input, char *output, int frame);
+void exec_blender(struct blendjob* blendjob, char *input, char *output, char *outputres, int frame);
 
 
 #endif