diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go b/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
index ace90cca..9a4b71f6 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
@@ -196,3 +196,51 @@ func TestSimpleBlenderRenderWindowsPaths(t *testing.T) {
 		"fps":         int64(24),
 	}, tVideo.Commands[0].Parameters)
 }
+
+func TestSimpleBlenderRenderOutputPathFieldReplacement(t *testing.T) {
+	c := mockedClock(t)
+
+	s, err := Load(c)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Compiling a job should be really fast.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	sj := exampleSubmittedJob()
+	sj.Settings.AdditionalProperties["render_output_path"] = "/root/{timestamp}/jobname/######"
+
+	aj, err := s.Compile(ctx, sj)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job compiler failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if aj == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job compiler returned nil but no error")
+	}
+
+	// The job compiler should have replaced the {timestamp} and {ext} fields.
+	assert.Equal(t, "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname/######", aj.Settings["render_output_path"])
+
+	// Tasks should have been created to render the frames: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10, video-encoding
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, len(aj.Tasks))
+	t0 := aj.Tasks[0]
+	expectCliArgs := []interface{}{ // They are strings, but Goja doesn't know that and will produce an []interface{}.
+		"--render-output", "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/######",
+		"--render-format", sj.Settings.AdditionalProperties["format"].(string),
+		"--render-frame", "1-3",
+	}
+	assert.EqualValues(t, AuthoredCommandParameters{
+		"exe":        "{blender}",
+		"blendfile":  sj.Settings.AdditionalProperties["blendfile"].(string),
+		"args":       expectCliArgs,
+		"argsBefore": make([]interface{}, 0),
+	}, t0.Commands[0].Parameters)
+
+	tVideo := aj.Tasks[4] // This should be a video encoding task
+	assert.EqualValues(t, AuthoredCommandParameters{
+		"input_files": "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/*.png",
+		"output_file": "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/scene123-1-10.mp4",
+		"fps":         int64(24),
+	}, tVideo.Commands[0].Parameters)
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
index 71869ed7..4fee6ec6 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const JOB_TYPE = {
         { key: "add_path_components", type: "int32", required: true, default: 0, propargs: {min: 0, max: 32},
           description: "Number of path components of the current blend file to use in the render output path"},
         { key: "render_output_path", type: "string", subtype: "file_path", editable: false,
-          eval: "str(Path(settings.render_output_root) / last_n_dir_parts(settings.add_path_components) / jobname / '{timestamp}' / '######.{ext}')",
+          eval: "str(Path(settings.render_output_root) / last_n_dir_parts(settings.add_path_components) / jobname / '{timestamp}' / '######')",
           description: "Final file path of where render output will be saved"},
 
         // Automatically evaluated settings:
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ function compileJob(job) {
     print("Blender Render job submitted");
     print("job: ", job);
 
-    const settings = job.settings;
 
-    const renderOutput = settings.render_output_path;
+    const renderOutput = renderOutputPath(job);
+    job.settings.render_output_path = renderOutput;
+
     const finalDir = path.dirname(renderOutput);
     const renderDir = intermediatePath(job, finalDir);
 
+    const settings = job.settings;
     const renderTasks = authorRenderTasks(settings, renderDir, renderOutput);
     const videoTask = authorCreateVideoTask(settings, renderDir);
 
@@ -83,6 +85,19 @@ function compileJob(job) {
     }
 }
 
+// Do field replacement on the render output path.
+function renderOutputPath(job) {
+    let path = job.settings.render_output_path;
+    return path.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, (match, group0) => {
+        switch (group0) {
+        case "timestamp":
+            return formatTimestampLocal(job.created);
+        default:
+            return match;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 // Determine the intermediate render output path.
 function intermediatePath(job, finalDir) {
     const basename = path.basename(finalDir);