diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+/** Stub stub stubbiness ugh */
+void tell_the_server(char *stuff){
+}
+
 /** Function referenced by curlget() to write data to disk. */
 size_t curl_writetodisk(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)
  {
@@ -315,11 +319,11 @@ void exec_blender(struct blendjob* blend
 {
   int ret;
   char *frame_str;
-  
+
   /* start execio code */
   char *command = "blender"; // @TODO: append .exe if win32?
   char *cmd[] = { command, "-b", "-o", output, input, "-f", frame_str, (char *)NULL };
-  
+
   char buf[10];
   struct execio *testrem;
   size_t readlen;