diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -54,22 +54,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   struct options_common *commonopts;
 
-  int jobnum = 0;
-  int framenum = 0;
-
-  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 *pathtoXml;     /* Full path to the job's xml file */
-  char *pathtoOutput;  /* Full path to the output (rendered) file */
-  char *outputExt;     /* Output Extension (e.g., JPG) */
-
-  char *tarcmd;        /* Command to run for tar. Migrate to libtar sometime */
-  char *outdir;        /* Output Directory for tar */
-  char *jobdatapath;   /* Path to job data */
-
   struct distrenjob *myjob; /* Structure to hold data gathered from the XML file */
 
   struct remoteio *comm_slave;
@@ -134,11 +118,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf(stderr, "Please check your distrenslave.conf, it appears to be incorrectly formatted.\n");
       }
 
-
-
-  fprintf(stderr, "Loading config...\n");
-
-
   fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to server...\n");
   tmp = remoteio_open(&comm_slave, commonopts->remoteio, server);
   if(tmp)
@@ -147,9 +126,28 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       return 1;
     }
 
-  int haveWork = 0;
+
+  // Variables needed for main loop
+  int jobnum = 0;
+  int framenum = 0;
+
+  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 *pathtoOutput;  /* Full path to the output (rendered) file */
 
-  while(1)
+  char *pathtoJobfile; /* Full path to the job's main file */
+  char *pathtoXml;     /* Full path to the job's xml file */
+  char *outputExt;     /* Output Extension (e.g., JPG) */
+
+  char *jobdatapath;   /* Path to job data */
+
+  int haveWork = 0;
+  int quit = 0;
+
+  // Main loop
+  while(!quit)
     {
 
     // request work
@@ -179,15 +177,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         if(downloadTar(urltoTar, pathtoTar))
           return 1;
 
-        _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum);
-        mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750); /* @FIXME: Change to tmpdir once it exists */
-        mkdir(outdir, 0750);
-
-        _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir); /* @FIXME:Use a lib here! */
-        system(tarcmd);
-        free(tarcmd);
-        free(pathtoTar);
-        free(outdir);
+        unpackJob(pathtoTar, jobnum);
 
         /* Parses a job's XML file, puts data in the myjob struct */
         if(distrenjob_unserialize(&myjob, pathtoXml) == 0)
@@ -221,7 +211,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         /* Post-execution */
         fprintf(stderr, "Finished frame %d in job %d, uploading...\n", framenum, jobnum);
-
         uploadOutput(pathtoOutput, urltoOutput); // @TODO: Handle return value
 
         free(urltoOutput);
diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -386,3 +386,20 @@ int uploadOutput(char *pathtoOutput, cha
       // @FUTURE: Keep track of files that we were unable to upload, and upload them later
     }
 }
+
+
+int unpackJob(char *pathtoTar, int jobnum){
+  char *tarcmd;        /* Command to run for tar. Migrate to libtar sometime */
+  char *outdir;        /* Output Directory for tar */
+
+  _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum);
+  mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750); /* @FIXME: Change to tmpdir once it exists */
+  mkdir(outdir, 0750);
+
+  _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir); /* @FIXME:Use a lib here! */
+  system(tarcmd);
+  free(tarcmd);
+  free(pathtoTar);
+  free(outdir);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.h b/src/server/slavefuncs.h
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.h
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.h
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ int distren_mkdir_recurse(char *dirname)
 int job_build_path(char *filename, unsigned int jobnum);
 int downloadTar(char *url, char *destinationPath);
 int uploadOutput(char *pathtoOutput, char *urltoOutput);
+int unpackJob(char *pathtoTar, int jobnum);
 
 #endif