diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void mortition(struct distrenjob *head, 
       updateJobListXML(head);
     }
   else{
-    job->prev_frame_index = 0; // if the job isn't done, have frame_finder() start from the first frame, allowing it to see the frames that are now unassigned
+    job->prev_frame_index = -1; // if the job isn't done, have frame_finder() start from the first frame, allowing it to see the frames that are now unassigned
   }
 
   updateGeneralInfo();
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   distrend_do_config(argc, argv, &config);
 
+  // pre-loaded jobs for testing
   prepare_distrenjob(&head, 1, "awesome", "LordOfWar", "onlylordofwar@gmail.com", 4, 1, 100, 640, 480);
 
   while(test == 1)