diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   int slavekey = atoi(username); // @TODO: Make this more friendly
   char *urltoTar;      /* Full URL to the server-side location of job#.tgz */
   char *pathtoTar;     /* Full path to the location of the job#.tgz */
+  char *pathtoTardir;
 
   char *urltoOutput;   /* Full URL where output is posted */
   char *pathtoOutput;  /* Full path to the output (rendered) file */
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         fprintf(stderr, "Preparing to render frame %d in job %d\n", framenum, jobnum);
 
-        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, framenum, outputExt, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar, &pathtoJob, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput, &pathtoOutput, &pathtoOutdir);
+        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, framenum, outputExt, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar,&pathtoTardir,&pathtoJob, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput, &pathtoOutput, &pathtoOutdir);
         free(outputExt);
 
         if(downloadTar(urltoTar, pathtoTar))