diff --git a/src/pkg/package.rs b/src/pkg/package.rs
index bda9d2d..cf8fb7a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/package.rs
+++ b/src/pkg/package.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::{
     fs::File,
-    io::{BufReader, Cursor, Read},
+    io::{BufReader, Cursor, Read, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
 };
 
 use based::get_pg;
@@ -525,50 +526,63 @@ pub fn repo_add(db_file: &str, pkg_file: &str) {
 }
 
 pub fn read_file_tar(tar: &Path, file_path: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let file = File::open(tar).ok()?;
-    let decoder = Decoder::new(BufReader::new(file)).ok()?;
-    let mut archive = Archive::new(decoder);
+    let output = Command::new("tar")
+        .arg("-xO") // Extract to stdout (-O)
+        .arg("-f")
+        .arg(tar)
+        .arg(file_path)
+        .output()
+        .ok()?;
 
-    for entry in archive.entries().ok()? {
-        let mut entry = entry.ok()?;
-        if entry.path().ok()?.to_str()? == file_path {
-            let mut file_content = String::new();
-            entry.read_to_string(&mut file_content).ok()?;
-            return Some(file_content);
-        }
+    if output.status.success() {
+        Some(String::from_utf8(output.stdout).ok()?.to_string())
+    } else {
+        None
     }
-
-    None
 }
 
 pub fn read_file_tar_raw(tar_data: &[u8], file_path: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let decoder = Decoder::new(Cursor::new(tar_data)).ok()?;
-    let mut archive = Archive::new(decoder);
+    let mut output = Command::new("tar")
+        .arg("-xO") // Extract to stdout (-O)
+        .arg("-f")
+        .arg("-") // Indicate that the file input comes from stdin
+        .arg(file_path)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped()) // Open a pipe to provide the tar data
+        .spawn()
+        .ok()?;
 
-    for entry in archive.entries().ok()? {
-        let mut entry = entry.ok()?;
-        if entry.path().ok()?.to_str()? == file_path {
-            let mut file_content = String::new();
-            entry.read_to_string(&mut file_content).ok()?;
-            return Some(file_content);
-        }
+    if let Some(stdin) = output.stdin.as_mut() {
+        stdin.write_all(tar_data).ok()?;
+        stdin.flush().ok()?;
     }
 
-    None
+    let output = output.wait_with_output().ok()?;
+
+    if output.status.success() {
+        Some(String::from_utf8(output.stdout).ok()?.to_string())
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn list_tar_file(tar: &Path) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
-    let file = File::open(tar).ok()?;
-    let decoder = Decoder::new(BufReader::new(file)).ok()?;
-    let mut archive = Archive::new(decoder);
-    let mut paths = Vec::new();
+    let output = Command::new("tar")
+        .arg("-tf") // List the contents of the tar file
+        .arg(tar)
+        .output()
+        .ok()?;
 
-    for entry in archive.entries().ok()? {
-        let entry = entry.ok()?;
-        paths.push(entry.path().ok()?.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
+    if output.status.success() {
+        let output_str = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).ok()?;
+        let paths = output_str
+            .lines()
+            .map(|line| line.to_string())
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+        Some(paths)
+    } else {
+        None
     }
-
-    Some(paths)
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, FromRow)]