diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -154,16 +154,17 @@ int curlget(char *url, char *out){
 
   curl = curl_easy_init();
   if(curl) {
-	outfile = fopen(out, "w"); // Open where we're writing to
-
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, outfile);
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, curl_writetodisk); // this MUST be set for win32 compat.
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, curl_progress);
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, &Bar);
-  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
-  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+    outfile = fopen(out, "w"); // Open where we're writing to
+    if(outfile == NULL)
+      return 2; // Output dir doesn't exist
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, outfile);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, curl_writetodisk); // this MUST be set for win32 compat.
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, curl_progress);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, &Bar);
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
   }
   fprintf(stderr,"\n"); // Clears out he progressbar's carriage return
   return res; // 0 is OK, 1 is 404 or other error
@@ -365,21 +366,28 @@ int downloadTar(char *url, char *destina
   if(fstatus == -1)
     {
       // Download the Tar
-      if( curlget(url, destinationPath) == 0){
+      int ret = curlget(url, destinationPath);
+      if(ret == 0){
         fprintf(stderr, "Job data retrieved successfully\n");
         // free(url); @FIXME: causes doublefree! Curl must free the url?
         return 0;
       }
-      else {
+      else if(ret == 1){
         fprintf(stderr, "Downloading job data from %s failed. Check your network connection.\n",url);
         free(url);
         return 1; // Eventually make a retry loop
       }
+      else if(ret == 2){
+        fprintf(stderr, "Output directory \"%s\" does not exist!\n",destinationPath);
+        free(url);
+        return 3;
+      }
     }
   else{
     fprintf(stderr, "Tar already exists! Download cancelled.\n");
     return 2;
   }
+
 }