diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index d5204517..0a372ce6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "shakmaty",
  "specta",
  "strsim",
+ "tar",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
  "tauri-plugin-log",
@@ -2106,9 +2107,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.146"
+version = "0.2.149"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"
+checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
@@ -4033,9 +4034,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.38"
+version = "0.4.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b55807c0344e1e6c04d7c965f5289c39a8d94ae23ed5c0b57aabac549f871c6"
+checksum = "b16afcea1f22891c49a00c751c7b63b2233284064f11a200fc624137c51e2ddb"
 dependencies = [
  "filetime",
  "libc",
@@ -5427,9 +5428,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d1526bbe5aaeb5eb06885f4d987bcdfa5e23187055de9b83fe00156a821fabc"
+checksum = "f4686009f71ff3e5c4dbcf1a282d0a44db3f021ba69350cd42086b3e5f1c6985"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2864b5e2..1d8eb63a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.48"
 log = "0.4.20"
 oauth2 = "4.4.2"
 axum = "0.6.20"
+tar = "0.4.40"
 
 [features]
 # by default Tauri runs in production mode
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/fide.rs b/src-tauri/src/fide.rs
index 4bacb538..41e159c8 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/fide.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/fide.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ pub async fn download_fide_db(
         0,
         "http://ratings.fide.com/download/players_list_xml.zip".to_string(),
         app_config_dir(&app.config()).unwrap(),
-        true,
         app.clone(),
         None,
         Some(false),
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/fs.rs b/src-tauri/src/fs.rs
index 0db4ff20..e3736c66 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/fs.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/fs.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub async fn download_file(
     id: u64,
     url: String,
     path: PathBuf,
-    zip: bool,
     app: tauri::AppHandle,
     token: Option<String>,
     finalize: Option<bool>,
@@ -71,11 +70,15 @@ pub async fn download_file(
 
     info!("Downloaded file to {}", path.display());
 
-    if zip {
+    if url.ends_with(".zip") {
         unzip_file(path, file).await?;
+    } else if url.ends_with(".tar") {
+        let mut archive = tar::Archive::new(Cursor::new(file));
+        archive.unpack(path)?;
     } else {
-        std::fs::write(path, file)?;
+        std::fs::write(path, file)?
     }
+
     if finalize {
         app.emit_all(
             "download_progress",
diff --git a/src/components/databases/AddDatabase.tsx b/src/components/databases/AddDatabase.tsx
index 437c4ac3..d6830204 100644
--- a/src/components/databases/AddDatabase.tsx
+++ b/src/components/databases/AddDatabase.tsx
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ function DatabaseCard({
     await invoke("download_file", {
       id,
       url,
-      zip: false,
       path,
     });
     setDatabases(await getDatabases());
diff --git a/src/components/engines/AddEngine.tsx b/src/components/engines/AddEngine.tsx
index d041b4c0..1c1ea1b0 100644
--- a/src/components/engines/AddEngine.tsx
+++ b/src/components/engines/AddEngine.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ function EngineCard({
       await invoke("download_file", {
         id,
         url,
-        zip: true,
         path,
       });
       let appDataDirPath = await appDataDir();
diff --git a/src/components/puzzles/AddPuzzle.tsx b/src/components/puzzles/AddPuzzle.tsx
index 93622537..fdf9f877 100644
--- a/src/components/puzzles/AddPuzzle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/puzzles/AddPuzzle.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ function PuzzleDbCard({
     await invoke("download_file", {
       id,
       url,
-      zip: false,
       path,
     });
     setPuzzleDbs(await getPuzzleDatabases());
diff --git a/src/utils/lichess.tsx b/src/utils/lichess.tsx
index 6b975356..9bf2ff4b 100644
--- a/src/utils/lichess.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/lichess.tsx
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ export async function downloadLichess(
   await invoke("download_file", {
     id: 1,
     url,
-    zip: false,
     path,
     token,
   });