diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   char *input;
   char *output;
+  char *jobid;
   
   char curopt;
 
+  distren_t distren;
+  distren_job_t distren_job;
+
   struct options_common *options;
 
   cfg_t *cfg;
@@ -118,6 +122,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   fprintf(stderr, "reading from %s\nwriting to %s\n", input, output);
   
+  distren_init_mf(&distren, &malloc, &free);
+  
+  distren_submit_file(distren, &distren_job, input);
+  
+  distren_job_getid(distren_job, &jobid);
+  fprintf(stdout, "jobid: %s\n", jobid);
+  
+  distren_job_free(distren_job);
+  
+  distren_free(distren);
   
 
   // Please find a better way of doing this :( you can't strcat multiple strings.. meh