diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ struct distrenjob *myjob; // Structure t
 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)
+    jobnum = remoteio_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;
@@ -162,14 +162,21 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
       int fstatus = stat(pathtoJobfile, &buffer);
       if(fstatus != -1){
               fprintf(stderr, "Using cached job file...\n");
-              curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar); // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add a progressbar
+
+              // Downloads the Tar, with an error catcher. @TODO: add a progressbar
+              if( curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar) == 0){
+                fprintf(stderr, "File downloaded without errors\n");
+              }
+              else{
+                fprintf(stderr, "Download tar from server failed. Either the server is down, or the job hosting system is screwed up.\nContact admin@protofusion.org and include this message.\nGoodbye. Better luck next time.\n");
+              }
       }
 
     _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum); /*< @todo free() */
     mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750); /* @TODO: This is a tad unix-specific... */
     mkdir(outdir, 0750);
 
-    _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir);
+    _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir); /* @TODO: Make this portable. Libtar or something? */
     system(tarcmd);
     free(tarcmd);
 
@@ -184,7 +191,7 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     }
 
     /* Variable-fillers which require XML */
-    outputExt = myjob.outputFormat;
+    outputExt = myjob.outputFormat; /* @TODO: FIXME! */
     _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputExt ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile