diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -112,25 +112,24 @@ options_init(argc,argv,&my_cfg, myopts, 
 	}
 
 
-/* Somewhat pseudo Rendering code */
+
+/* These should all be filled by remotio and other code @TODO: Make this less blender-specific and more jobtype-flexible */
+int jobnum;
+int framenum;
 
-/* These should all be filled by remotio and other code */
-int jobnum;   // Filled by the server telling the client what to render
-int framenum; // same as above
-char *outputext = "JPG";
+/* These should be filled by the xml file that comes with a job */
+char *outputExt = "JPG";
+char *outputRes = "1600x1200";
+
 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
 
-char *pathtoOutput;
-
-
 char *urltoTar;  // Full URL to the server-side location of job#.tgz
 char *pathtoTar; // Full path to the location of the job#.tgz
 
 char *urltoOutput;   // Full URL where output is posted
 char *pathtoJobfile; // Full path to the job's main file
-
+char *pathtoOutput;  // Full path to the output (rendered) file
 
 // If the slave is getting job info...
 if(gotframe ==1)
@@ -151,10 +150,16 @@ 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(&pathtoOutput, "%s/job%d/output/frame%d.%s", datadir, jobnum, framenum, outputext ); // Prepares the path to the jobfile
+    _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
 
-    //  Download the data
-    curlget(urltoTar, pathtoTar); // Downloads the Tar @TODO: add a progressbar
+      struct stat buffer;
+      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
+      }
 
     _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum); /*< @todo free() */
     mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750);
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     system(tarcmd);
     free(tarcmd);
 
-    // exec_blender(blendjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // So this should grab data from the struct? I have no idea. @TODO: Ohnobinki, we should clear this up.
+    // exec_blender(blendjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: Make a xml --> struct function
 
     // Consider placing the following in the exec_blender() function
     while(busy == 1){