diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 45c6bc1..1f8f73b 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: '4.0.23',
+  version: '4.0.24',
   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 027e07b..dd92b8b 100644
--- a/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.smartarchive.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ export class SmartArchive {
           if (analyzedResultChunk.fileType?.mime === 'application/x-tar') {
             const tarStream = analyzedResultChunk.decompressionStream as plugins.tarStream.Extract;
             tarStream.on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
+              if (header.type === 'directory') {
+                console.log(`tar stream directory: ${header.name} ... skipping!`);
+                next();
+                return;
+              }
               console.log(`tar stream file: ${header.name}`);
               const streamfile = plugins.smartfile.StreamFile.fromStream(stream, header.name);
               streamFileIntake.push(streamfile);