diff --git a/src/server/distrenjob.h b/src/server/distrenjob.h
--- a/src/server/distrenjob.h
+++ b/src/server/distrenjob.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct distrenjob {
   int total_frames; // how many frames are in the animation for stats/etc (unassigned frames)
   time_t avg_render_time; // average seconds it took to render a frame
   time_t time_remaining; /*< estimated seconds remaining till render is complete (up to 49, 710 days) */
+  char *output_format; /*< currently is the file extention of the request output format. @todo make this mime-type based/not a string */
   struct frameset *frameset;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "options.h" // Confuse, etc.
 #include "slavefuncs.h" // Slave functions
 #include "asprintf.h"
+#include "remoteio.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -192,11 +193,11 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     }
 
     /* Variable-fillers which require XML */
-    outputExt = myjob.outputFormat; /* @TODO: FIXME! */
+    outputExt = myjob->output_format; /* @TODO: FIXME! */
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
 
 
-     exec_blender(&myjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: This warning should be fixed :D
+     exec_blender(myjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: This warning should be fixed :D
 
     // Consider placing the following in the exec_blender() function
     while(busy == 1){