diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1ff9b8d..35cfc68 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 Pascal Borreli <pascal@borreli.com>
 Paul Bowsher <pbowsher@globalpersonals.co.uk>
 Paul Hammond <paul@paulhammond.org>
+Paul Liétar <paul@lietar.net>
 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@gmail.com>
 Phil Spitler <pspitler@gmail.com>
 Piotr Bogdan <ppbogdan@gmail.com>
diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 972abbf..9fe9bc7 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error trying to use git: %s (%s)", err, output)
 		}
 
-		c, err := archive.Tar(root, archive.Bzip2)
+		c, err := archive.Tar(root, archive.Uncompressed)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}