diff --git a/modules/archive/functions/unarchive b/modules/archive/functions/unarchive
index f1b4224a..72dfbd1f 100644
--- a/modules/archive/functions/unarchive
+++ b/modules/archive/functions/unarchive
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 local remove_archive
 local success
 local file_name
+local file_path
 local extract_dir
 
 if (( $# == 0 )); then
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ while (( $# > 0 )); do
 
   success=0
   file_name="${1:t}"
+  file_path="${1:A}"
   extract_dir="${file_name:r}"
   case "$1:l" in
     (*.tar.gz|*.tgz) tar xvzf "$1" ;;
@@ -60,10 +62,10 @@ while (( $# > 0 )); do
     (*.deb)
       mkdir -p "$extract_dir/control"
       mkdir -p "$extract_dir/data"
-      cd "$extract_dir"; ar vx "../${1}" > /dev/null
-      cd control; tar xzvf ../control.tar.gz
-      cd ../data; tar xzvf ../data.tar.gz
-      cd ..; rm *.tar.gz debian-binary
+      cd "$extract_dir"; ar vx "${file_path}" > /dev/null
+      cd control; tar xvf ../control.tar.*
+      cd ../data; tar xvf ../data.tar.*
+      cd ..; rm control.tar.* data.tar.* debian-binary
       cd ..
     ;;
     (*)