diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h> /* sprintf, printf */
 #include <stdlib.h> /* malloc, free */
-#include <string.h> /* strlen */
+#include "options.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  
+
+  return 0;
+};
 
 /* this function should probably not exist. asprintf should be used instead of sprintf */
 size_t intstrlen(size_t theint)
@@ -36,42 +43,3 @@ size_t intstrlen(size_t theint)
 }
 
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-
-  char *blendercmd;
-  char *filename = "file.blend";  /* declares a variable to hold the file name */
-  char *format = "blender.exe -b \"%s\" -o //tmp/frame -f %d -F JPEG -x 1"; /* the format string to pass to sprintf */
-  unsigned int frame_to_render;
-  size_t blenderstrlen;
-
-  int toreturn;
-
-  //just prove that linking to the shared lib werkz
-  genericfunc();
-  execlisten();
-
-  // blender =   // gets blender structure from server
-
-  /*-- blender structure--
-   * file_name
-   * frame_to_render
-   * url to dl .blend file
-   */
-
-
-  frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
-
-  // file_name = job.file_name // retrieves file name from the blender structure ?
-
-  blenderstrlen = strlen(format) - 2 * 2 /* format string minus placeholders */ + strlen(filename) + intstrlen(frame_to_render) + 1 /* NULL terminator */;
-  blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
-  snprintf(blendercmd, blenderstrlen, format, filename, frame_to_render);
-  
-  fprintf(stderr, "will run ``%s''\n", blendercmd);
-
-  toreturn = system(blendercmd);
-  free(blendercmd);
-
-  return toreturn;
-}