diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 73f3fd8..3d50b5b 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: '4.0.26',
+  version: '4.0.27',
   description: 'A library for working with archive files, providing utilities for compressing and decompressing data.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.tartools.ts b/ts/classes.tartools.ts
index 089ebc6..d819bf5 100644
--- a/ts/classes.tartools.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.tartools.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ export class TarTools {
         contentByteLength = fileStat.size;
       }
 
+      /**
+       * here we try to harmonize all kind of entries towards a readable stream
+       */
+      let content: plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable;
+      if (Buffer.isBuffer(optionsArg.content)) {
+        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(optionsArg.content);
+      } else if (typeof optionsArg.content === 'string') {
+        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(Buffer.from(optionsArg.content));
+      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartfile.SmartFile) {
+        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(optionsArg.content.contents);
+      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartfile.StreamFile) {
+        content = await optionsArg.content.createReadStream();
+      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable) {
+        content = optionsArg.content;
+      }
+
       const entry = pack.entry(
         {
           name: fileName,
@@ -73,19 +89,6 @@ export class TarTools {
         }
       );
 
-      let content: plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable;
-      if (Buffer.isBuffer(optionsArg.content)) {
-        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(optionsArg.content);
-      } else if (typeof optionsArg.content === 'string') {
-        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(Buffer.from(optionsArg.content));
-      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartfile.SmartFile) {
-        content = plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable.from(optionsArg.content.contents);
-      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartfile.StreamFile) {
-        content = await optionsArg.content.createReadStream();
-      } else if (optionsArg.content instanceof plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable) {
-        content = optionsArg.content;
-      }
-
       content.pipe(entry);
       entry.on('end', () => {
         resolve();