diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -144,17 +144,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         fprintf(stderr, "Preparing to render frame %d in job %d\n", framenum, jobnum);
 
-        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput);
+        prepareJobPaths(jobnum, framenum, outputExt, datadir, &urltoTar, &pathtoTar, &pathtoJobfile, &urltoOutput, &pathtoOutput);
+        free(outputExt);
 
         if(downloadTar(urltoTar, pathtoTar))
           return 1;
 
         unpackJob(pathtoTar, jobnum);
 
-        /* Prepares the path to the jobfile */
-        _distren_asprintf(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/job%d-frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, jobnum, framenum, outputExt );
-        free(outputExt);
-
         /* Execute blender */
         if(exec_blender(pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum))
           {