diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 */
 
+#include <my_global.h> /* This provides windows compat too */
+#include <my_sys.h>
+#include <mysql.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@
  * Notes from IRCness:
  * Server<==>Client Communication
  * Job initiation:  	<jobnumber> <jobtype={blender,povray,indigo,etc}> <filename> <args specific to the jobtype>
- * Job addition : 		<jobnumber> <alteration: could be (cancel):cancel job (frames):tell the client to render more frames>
+ * Job addition : 		<jobnumber> <alteration: could be (cancel):cancel job (frames):tell the client to render more 
+frames>
  * Client Control: 		system <command> (such as drop all jobs, shutdown client, etc)
  *
  *  blender_getframecount()
@@ -46,13 +50,44 @@
  */
 
 
-// Let's fix those global variable issues one of these days! :D test
+// mySql configuration vars
+static char *opt_host_name = "localhost";  // Server Hostname
+static char *opt_user_name = "distren";    // Username
+static char *opt_password = "008987";      // Password
+static unsigned int opt_port_num = 0;      // Port (or builtin if 0)
+static char *opt_socket_name = NULL;       // Socket Name (or builtin if null)
+static char *opt_db_name = "distrend";     // Database name
+static unsigned int opt_flags = 0;         // Connection flags, what are these for?
+static MYSQL *conn;                        // Pointer to the connection handler
+
+
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
 
+// It's a happy fun mySQL party! This just test-connects to the server and does absolutely nothing else. Hopefully.
+
+	/* initialize connection handler */
+	conn = mysql_init (NULL);
+	if (conn == NULL)
+	{
+	    fprintf (stderr, "mysql_init() failed (probably out of memory)\n");
+	    exit (1);
+	}
+	/* connect to server */
+	if (mysql_real_connect (conn, opt_host_name, opt_user_name, opt_password,
+	        opt_db_name, opt_port_num, opt_socket_name, opt_flags) == NULL)
+	{
+	    fprintf (stderr, "mysql_real_connect() failed\n");
+	    mysql_close (conn);
+	    exit (1);
+	}
+	/* disconnect from server */
+	mysql_close (conn);
+
 
   return 0;
 }
 
+\