diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6db6f157..920a6cf2 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cookbooks.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+compressed/*.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml b/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
index 68c105cd..e8cad93c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compress-cookbooks.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compress Cookbooks
         run: |
           cd ..
-          tar -czvf cookbooks.tar.gz -C ${{ github.workspace }} .
-          cp cookbooks.tar.gz ${{ github.workspace }}
+          tar --exclude='./compressed' -czvf cookbooks.tar.gz -C ${{ github.workspace }} .
+          mv cookbooks.tar.gz ${{ github.workspace }}/compressed
       - name: Commit and push
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git add cookbooks.tar.gz
+          git add compressed/cookbooks.tar.gz
           git commit -m 'update compressed cookbooks'
           git push
diff --git a/compressed/cookbooks.tar.gz b/compressed/cookbooks.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec07ae57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compressed/cookbooks.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d8e3af74d24723c35ecd6d3c4cd5d05bee51d82b6223121a4dd861b9bfcd707e
+size 963354