diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ int makeJobDataXML(struct distrenjob *jo
   xmlTextWriterStartDocument(writer, NULL, "utf-8", NULL);
 
   // write distrenjob element and add its attributes
-  xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"distrenjob");
+  xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"job");
   xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"name", (xmlChar*)job->name);
   xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"submitter", (xmlChar*)job->submitter);
   _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", job->priority);
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ struct distrenjob *createJobFromXML(int 
   cur = cur->next;
   distrenjob->total_render_time = (time_t)atol((char*)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1));
 
+  xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+
   restoreJobState(distrenjob);
   return distrenjob;
 }