diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ char *pathtoTar; // Full path to the loc
 
 char *urltoOutput;   // Full URL where output is posted
 char *pathtoJobfile; // Full path to the job's main file
+char *pathtoXml;     // Full path to the job's xml file
 char *pathtoOutput;  // Full path to the output (rendered) file
 
+struct distrenjob *myjob; // Structure to hold data gathered from the XML file
+
 // If the slave is getting job info...
 if(gotframe ==1)
   {
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ 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(&pathtoXml, "%s/job%d/job%d.xml",datadir, jobnum ); // Prepares the path to the job's XML file
     _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
@@ -169,7 +173,17 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
     system(tarcmd);
     free(tarcmd);
 
-    // exec_blender(distrenjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: Implement the xml --> struct function
+    // Grabs data from the XML file, throws it in the myjob struct.
+    if(xml2distrenjob(&myjob, pathtoXml) == 0){
+      fprintf(stderr,"Well, the XML craziness may have worked. Maybe. \n");
+      distrenjob_free(&myjob); // Frees things up if it was successful. xml2distrenjob() really only fails if malloc'ing inside it fails
+    }
+    else{
+      fprintf(stderr,"I think the XML craziness may have failed, so I'll terminate just for fun.\n");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    exec_blender(&myjob, pathtoJobfile, pathtoOutput, framenum); // @TODO: Implement the xml --> struct function
 
     // Consider placing the following in the exec_blender() function
     while(busy == 1){
@@ -178,7 +192,7 @@ if(gotframe ==1)
         sleep(5); // or not... this should be more event-driven, but should still give a heartbeat to the server
       }
     busy = 2;
-    busy = 1; // When done rendering, set this.
+    busy = 1; // @TODO: When done rendering, set this.
      }
     // When blender is finished, run this...
       if(busy==2){