diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 
+
 /**
  utility function for XPath-ish stuff:
  */
@@ -62,6 +63,47 @@ xmlNodePtr xml_quickxpath(xmlXPathContex
   return toreturn;
 }
 
+/** Ensures that rendering engines on the computer are up-to-date */
+int software_updatecheck(){
+  curlget("http://protofusion.org/srv/version.info", SYSCONFDIR "/serverEngineVersion.info");
+  struct stat buffer;
+  char serverVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
+  char localVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
+
+
+  // Read server version
+  {
+    FILE * serverVersionFile;
+    serverVersionFile = fopen(SYSCONFDIR "/serverEngineVersion.info","r");
+    fscanf(serverVersionFile, "%s",serverVersion);
+    fclose(serverVersionFile);
+  }
+
+  // Read local version
+  {
+    FILE * localVersionFile;
+    localVersionFile = fopen(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender/version.info","r");
+    fscanf(localVersionFile, "%s",localVersion);
+    fclose(localVersionFile);
+  }
+
+
+  // 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
+    // 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+  // If a rendering engine is out-of-date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
+    // untar(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz");
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
 
 /** Stub for deleting job data from the disk. @TODO: unstubify me! */
 int delete_jobdata(int jobnum, char *datadir)