diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
       // Downloads the job tar if it isn't  present. @TODO: Delete old job data
       struct stat buffer;
       int fstatus = stat(pathtoJobfile, &buffer);
-      if(fstatus != -1){
+
+      // If stat'ing the jobfile shows that the jobfile doesn't exist, we'll download it.
+      if(fstatus == -1){
               // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add progress bar
               if( curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar) == 0){
                 fprintf(stderr, "File downloaded without errors\n");