diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "distrenjob.h"
 #include "execio.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
+#include "remoteio.h"
 #include "slavefuncs.h"
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
@@ -35,7 +36,14 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 
-
+// Sends the server a single request (see protocol.h)
+int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, int signal){
+  size_t written;
+  char *ssignal;
+  _distren_asprintf(&ssignal,"%d",signal);
+  remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, strlen(ssignal), &written);
+  return 0;
+}
 /**
  utility function for XPath-ish stuff:
  */
@@ -70,10 +78,6 @@ int delete_jobdata(int jobnum, char *dat
   return 0;
 }
 
-/** Stub @TODO: Replace with remotio */
-void tell_the_server(int stuff){
-}
-
 /** Function referenced by curlget() to write data to disk. */
 size_t curl_writetodisk(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)
  {