diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -65,8 +65,17 @@ xmlNodePtr xml_quickxpath(xmlXPathContex
 }
 
 /** Ensures that rendering engines on the computer are up-to-date */
-int software_updatecheck(){
-  curlget("http://protofusion.org/srv/version.info", SYSCONFDIR "/serverEngineVersion.info");
+int software_updatecheck(char *datadir){
+  char *pathtoserverVersion;
+  _distren_asprintf(&pathtoserverVersion, "%s/serverEngineVersion.info",datadir);
+
+  char *engineDownloadPath;
+  _distren_asprintf(&engineDownloadPath, "%s/engines/blender.tgz",datadir);
+
+  char *pathtolocalVersion;
+  _distren_asprintf(&pathtolocalVersion, "%s/envines/blender/version.info",datadir);
+
+  curlget("http://protofusion.org/srv/version.info",  pathtoserverVersion);
   struct stat buffer;
   char serverVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
   char localVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ int software_updatecheck(){
   // Read server version
   {
     FILE * serverVersionFile;
-    serverVersionFile = fopen(SYSCONFDIR "/serverEngineVersion.info","r");
+    serverVersionFile = fopen(pathtoserverVersion, "r");
     fscanf(serverVersionFile, "%s",serverVersion);
     fclose(serverVersionFile);
   }
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ int software_updatecheck(){
   // Read local version
   {
     FILE * localVersionFile;
-    localVersionFile = fopen(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender/version.info","r");
+    localVersionFile = fopen(pathtolocalVersion, "r");
     fscanf(localVersionFile, "%s",localVersion);
     fclose(localVersionFile);
   }
@@ -92,14 +101,14 @@ int software_updatecheck(){
   // If a rendering engine was never downloaded
   if( stat(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender", &buffer) == -1){
     fprintf(stderr,"You don't have the blender engine. Preparing to download...");
-    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz"); // Add calls for operating system info
+    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", engineDownloadPath); // Add calls for operating system info
     // untar(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz");
   }
 
   // If a rendering engine is out-of-date
   else if( serverVersion != localVersion){
     fprintf(stderr,"You don't have the latest blender engine. Preparing to download...");
-    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz"); // Add calls for operating system info
+    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", engineDownloadPath); // Add calls for operating system info
     // untar(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz");
   }