diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #include <curl/easy.h>
 #include <curl/types.h>
 
+#include <archive.h>
+#include <archive_entry.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -389,21 +392,56 @@ int uploadOutput(char *pathtoOutput, cha
 
 
 int unpackJob(char *pathtoTar, int jobnum){
-  char *tarcmd;        /* Command to run for tar. Migrate to libtar sometime */
-  char *outdir;        /* Output Directory for tar */
+  int ret;
+  int buffsize = 8192;
+  char *buff = "";
+  size_t size;
+  struct archive_entry *ae = archive_entry_new();
+  struct archive *a = archive_read_new();
+
+  archive_read_support_compression_all(a);
+  archive_read_support_format_raw(a);
+  ret = archive_read_open_filename(a, pathtoTar, 16384);
+  if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  ret = archive_read_next_header(a, &ae);
+  if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+   for (;;) {
+    size = archive_read_data(a, buff, buffsize);
+    if (size < 0) {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    if (size == 0)
+      break;
+    write(1, buff, size);
+  }
+
+  archive_read_finish(a);
+  archive_entry_free(ae);
+
+  return 0;
+
+/*
+  char *tarcmd;        // Command to run for tar. Migrate to libtar sometime
+  char *outdir;        // Output Directory for tar
 
   _distren_asprintf(&outdir, "/tmp/distren/job%d", jobnum);
-  mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750); /* @FIXME: Change to tmpdir once it exists */
+  mkdir("/tmp/distren", 0750); // @FIXME: Change to tmpdir once it exists
   mkdir(outdir, 0750);
 
-  _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir); /* @FIXME:Use a lib here! */
+  _distren_asprintf(&tarcmd, "tar -xvf \"%s\" -C \"%s\"", pathtoTar, outdir); // @FIXME:Use a lib here!
   system(tarcmd);
   free(tarcmd);
   free(pathtoTar);
   free(outdir);
   return 0;
+  */
 }
 
+
 void prepareJobPaths(int jobnum,char *datadir, char **urltoTar,char **pathtoTar,char **pathtoJobfile,char **urltoOutput,char **pathtoXml){
   // Variable Preparation
   char *jobdatapath;