diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 3e2f30b..35b0e87 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartarchive',
-  version: '4.0.30',
+  version: '4.0.31',
   description: 'A library for working with archive files, providing utilities for compressing and decompressing data.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts b/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts
index dd92b8b..f3865e6 100644
--- a/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class SmartArchive {
   // INSTANCE
   public gzipTools = new GzipTools(this);
   public bzip2Tools = new Bzip2Tools(this);
-  public tarTools = new TarTools(this);
+  public tarTools = new TarTools();
   public zipTools = new ZipTools(this);
   public archiveAnalyzer = new ArchiveAnalyzer(this);
 
diff --git a/ts/classes.tartools.ts b/ts/classes.tartools.ts
index 07a297d..c50ee6a 100644
--- a/ts/classes.tartools.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.tartools.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
 
 export class TarTools {
   // INSTANCE
-  smartArchiveRef: SmartArchive;
-
-  constructor(smartArchiveRefArg: SmartArchive) {
-    this.smartArchiveRef = smartArchiveRefArg;
-  }
+  constructor() {}
 
   // packing
   public async addFileToPack(