diff --git a/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/ApiClient.java b/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/ApiClient.java
index de40156..45e375b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/ApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/ApiClient.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -395,6 +394,29 @@ public void onResponse(Call call, Response response) {
     return result;
   }
 
+  public CompletableFuture<Void> cancelJob(String jobId) {
+    CompletableFuture<Void> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+    client.newCall(new Request.Builder()
+        .url(baseUrl + "/jobs/" + jobId)
+        .patch(new MultipartBody.Builder().addFormDataPart("action", "cancel").build()).build())
+        .enqueue(new Callback() {
+          @Override
+          public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e) {
+            result.completeExceptionally(e);
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public void onResponse(Call call, Response response) {
+            if (response.code() == 204) {
+              result.complete(null);
+            } else {
+              result.completeExceptionally(new IOException("The job could not be downloaded"));
+            }
+          }
+        });
+    return result;
+  }
+
   private static RequestBody fileBody(final File file, Supplier<TaskTracker.Task> taskCreator) {
     TaskTracker.Task task = taskCreator.get();
     return new RequestBody() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/RemoteRenderer.java b/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/RemoteRenderer.java
index 70f2b4b..b9c4f6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/RemoteRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/lemaik/chunkymap/rendering/rs/RemoteRenderer.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<BufferedImage> render(FileBufferRenderContext context,
     Scene scene = context.getChunky().getSceneFactory().newScene();
     initializeScene.accept(scene);
 
-    RenderJob job;
+    RenderJob job = null;
     try {
       if (initializeLocally) {
         job = api
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ public CompletableFuture<BufferedImage> render(FileBufferRenderContext context,
       api.waitForCompletion(job, 30, TimeUnit.MINUTES).get();
       return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(api.getPicture(job.getId()));
     } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+      if (job != null) {
+        try {
+          api.cancelJob(job.getId()).get();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException ignore) {
+        }
+      }
       throw new IOException("Rendering failed", e);
     }
   }