diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ void frame_num_struct_builder(int sframe
 
 // matches your computer up with a lovely frame to render
 int frame_finder(){
-	int your_frame = null;  // your_frame is an interger value that will be given to the client as the frame number to render
+	int your_frame = 0;  // your_frame is an interger value that will be given to the client as the frame number to render
 	int finder_jobnum = 0;
 	int frameset_count = 0; // the frameset number, note* frames in an animation don't start at zero
 	short int done = 0;
-	int priority = 10;
+	short int priority = 10;
 
 	while(priority >= 1){ // start the scan for the next job with the highest priority
 		finder_jobnum = hcfjob + 1; // reset it to start scanning at first uncompleted job for the pass at each priority level
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ int frame_finder(){
 		frameset_count++;  // If frame is assigned or done, it goes to next frame
 	}
 
-blendjob[jobnum].frameset[x].frame_status++; // sets the value of the frame to 2, which means its taken
+blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].frame_status++; // sets the value of the frame to 2, which means its taken
 
-your_frame = blendjob[jobnum].frameset[x].frame_num; //  Takes the frameset found in the while statement above, and extracts the frame number from it and assigns it to the int your_frame
+your_frame = blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].frame_num; //  Takes the frameset found in the while statement above, and extracts the frame number from it and assigns it to the int your_frame
 
-if(your_frame == null)  // If that job had no open frames for some reason, run the status report generator so that
+if(your_frame == 0)  // If that job had no open frames for some reason, run the status report generator so that
 	status_report_generator();  //the job priority can be changed to 0
 
 return your_frame; // your_frame is returned as the frame to be rendered
@@ -266,24 +266,24 @@ return your_frame; // your_frame is retu
 // This uses pointers, so when it is run it updates certain values in memory
 void status_report_generator(){
 
-	while(blendjob[(hcfjob+1)].priority = 0)  //If the job after the highest consecutively finished job is finished
+	while(blendjob[(hcfjob+1)].priority == 0)  //If the job after the highest consecutively finished job is finished
 		hcfjob++;  // adds 1 to the highest consecutively finished job and checks the next one, till the job after the hcfjob is not done
 
 	int num1 = hcfjob+1; // to scan through jobs
 	int num2 = 0;		 // to scan through frames
 
 	while(num1 <= highest_jobnum){
-			if(blendjob[num1].frameset[num2].priority != 0){ // If the job is not done, scan it
+			if(blendjob[num1].priority != 0){ // If the job is not done, scan it
 
 				float finished_frames = 0; // variable that counts the completed frames
 				int pending_frames = 0; // variable that counts the assigned frames
 				float percent = 0;  // variable that stores the percent done of the blendjob
 
 				while(num2 <= blendjob[jobnum].total_frames){ // If
-					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status = 2)
+					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status == 2)
 						finished_frames++;
 
-					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status = 1)
+					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status == 1)
 						pending_frames++;
 
 					num2++;