diff --git a/src/remotefile.h b/src/remotefile.h
index 79dcd71..25d7a6c 100644
--- a/src/remotefile.h
+++ b/src/remotefile.h
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ class RemoteFile final : public QObject {
 	QDir basePath() const { return _basePath; }
 	QString localFilePath() const { return _localFilePath; }
 	bool localFileExists() const { return QFile(_localFilePath).exists(); }
-	QFile &localFile() const { return QFile(_localFilePath); }
+    #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+	    QFile &localFile() const { return QFile(_localFilePath); }
+    #endif
 	bool isMemoryOnly() const { return _memoryOnly; }
 	QString errorMsg() const { return _error; }
 	QByteArray bytes() const { return _bytes; }
diff --git a/src/zip.cpp b/src/zip.cpp
index da9ff2f..1be8ee1 100644
--- a/src/zip.cpp
+++ b/src/zip.cpp
@@ -88,21 +88,24 @@ void Zip::extract(const QString &out) {
 }
 
 void Zip::extractTarGz() {
-	auto gzProcess = new QProcess(this);
-	QStringList gzArgs{ "-zxf", _in };
-	Logger::Debug(_extractProgram + " " + gzArgs.join(" "));
+    auto gzProcess = new QProcess(this);
 
-	connect(gzProcess, static_cast<void(QProcess:: *)(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)>(&QProcess::finished), [=](int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
-		delete gzProcess;
-		emit extracted(true);
-	});
+    if(!QDir(_out).exists()) {
+        if(!QDir(_out).mkpath(".")) {
+            Logger::Debug("cannot create: " + _out);
+        }
+    }
 
-	gzProcess->start(_extractProgram, gzArgs);
+    QStringList gzArgs{ "-zxf", _in, "-C", _out };
+    Logger::Debug(_extractProgram + " " + gzArgs.join(" "));
 
-	if(!gzProcess->waitForStarted()) {
-		Logger::Debug("gzProcess failed to start!");
-		emit extracted(false);
-	}
+    connect(gzProcess, static_cast<void(QProcess:: *)(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)>(&QProcess::finished), [=](int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
+        delete gzProcess;
+        _extracted = true;
+        emit extracted(true);
+    });
+
+    gzProcess->start(_extractProgram, gzArgs);
 }
 #else
 void Zip::extract() {
diff --git a/src/zip.h b/src/zip.h
index 283087d..aeee716 100644
--- a/src/zip.h
+++ b/src/zip.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Zip final : public QObject {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 	QString _extractProgram = "7za.exe";
 #elif defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
-	QString _extractProgtam = "tar";
+	QString _extractProgram = "tar";
 #else
 #endif