diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -867,11 +867,15 @@ int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, cha
    Sends the server an extended signal (request + data)
    ohnobinki: I have no clue how you really want to handle this. Please clarify/edit
 */
-int sendExtSignal(struct remoteio *rem, char signal, char *data){
+int sendExtSignal(struct remoteio *rem, char signal, char *data)
+{
   size_t written;
   size_t towrite;
   char *ssignal;
-  _distren_asprintf(&ssignal, "%c%s", signal, data); // Just append the data FIXME: We should do this differently
+  /**
+     Just append the data FIXME: We should do this differently
+  */
+  _distren_asprintf(&ssignal, "%c%s", signal, data);
   towrite = strlen(ssignal);
   while( towrite
           && !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written))
@@ -924,10 +928,38 @@ void startframe(struct remoteio *rem, in
 
 }
 
+/**
+   Greets the server.
+
+   We send PACKAGE_STRING as our version ping thing.
+ */
+int greet_server(struct remoteio *rem)
+{
+  int err;
+  struct distren_request *req;
+
+  err = 0;
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "Saying hello to the server ;-)...\n");
+
+  err += distren_request_new(&req, strlen(PACKAGE_STRING), DISTREN_REQUEST_VERSION);
+  err += distren_request_send(rem, req, PACKAGE_STRING);
+  err += distren_request_free(req);
+
+  return err;
+}
+
 /** retrieves job from server */
-int getwork(struct remoteio *rem, int *jobnum, int *framenum){
-  char* data;
-  _distren_asprintf(&data, "%d%d", jobnum, framenum);
+int getwork(struct remoteio *rem, int *jobnum, int *framenum)
+{
+  struct distren_request *req;
+  char *data;
+  int len; /*< asprintf() uses int, not size_t */
+  len = _distren_asprintf(&data, "%d.%d", jobnum, framenum);
+
+  //distren_request_new(&req, 
+
+
   sendExtSignal(rem, DISTREN_REQUEST_GETWORK, data);
   return 0;
 }