diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -113,13 +113,9 @@ options_init(argc,argv,&my_cfg, myopts, 
 
 
 
-/* These should all be filled by remotio and other code @TODO: Make this less blender-specific and more jobtype-flexible... how should we go about doing this? */
+/* Code-filled Vars, filled somewhere in the loopage  */
 int jobnum;
-int framenum;
-
-/* These should be filled by the xml file that comes with a job @TODO: Add calls to the xml function that ohnobinki's working on */
-char *outputExt = "JPG";
-char *outputRes = "1600x1200";
+int framenum; // @TODO: Remotio should fill this
 
 int gotframe; // set this to 1 after data for a job is received from the server
 int busy = 0;     // Client business 1=busy 0=idle
@@ -131,12 +127,17 @@ char *urltoOutput;   // Full URL where o
 char *pathtoJobfile; // Full path to the job's main file
 char *pathtoXml;     // Full path to the job's xml file
 char *pathtoOutput;  // Full path to the output (rendered) file
+char *outputExt;     // Output Extension (e.g., JPG)
 
 struct distrenjob *myjob; // Structure to hold data gathered from the XML file
 
 // If the slave is getting job info...
 if(gotframe ==1)
   {
+    /* @TODO: fix these remoteio_read's */
+    jobnum = remotio_read(jobnum); // Set jobnum from remoteio (we could use info from struct, but we need this info to download the xmlfile)
+    framenum = remoteio_read(jobnum); // Set framenum from remoteio
+
     char *tarcmd;
     char *outdir;
     char *jobdatapath;
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoJobfile, "%s/%s/job.blend", datadir, jobdatapath ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
     _distren_asprintf(&urltoOutput, "http://protofusion.org/distren/stor/job%d/output/", jobdatapath ); // Prepares the URL where output is posted
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoXml, "%s/job%d/job%d.xml",datadir, jobnum ); // Prepares the path to the job's XML file
-    _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
 
     //  Download the data if it isn't  present. (prevents re-downloading for same-job frames) @TODO: Delete old job data
 
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
       return 1;
     }
 
-    exec_blender(&myjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: Implement the xml --> struct function
+    /* Variable-fillers which require XML */
+    outputExt = myjob.outputFormat;
+    _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
+
+
+     exec_blender(&myjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: This warning should be fixed :D
 
     // Consider placing the following in the exec_blender() function
     while(busy == 1){