diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -23,7 +23,18 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+  struct execio *testrem;
+  char *execargv[] = 
+    {
+      "ssh",
+      "protofusion.org",
+      "echo",
+      "hello from protofusion.org"
+    };
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "testing execio (It shouldn't work) :-)\n");
   
+  fprintf(stderr, "execio_open returns %d\n", execio_open(&testrem, "ssh", execargv));
 
   return 0;
 };