diff --git a/src/client/distren.h b/src/client/distren.h
--- a/src/client/distren.h
+++ b/src/client/distren.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int distren_submit_file(distren_job_t *j
    @param jobid This will be set to a string allocated by the specified malloc implementation
    @param job The distren_job_t from which to retrieve a jobid
 */
-distren_job_getid(distren_job_t job, char **jobid);
+int distren_job_getid(distren_job_t job, char **jobid);
 
 /*
  TODO: extraction of a job-ID, retrieving job handle by job-ID, getting information