diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 365ea22..50d0354 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Dockerfile.in $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/config.guess $(top_srcdir)/ac/config.sub \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/install-sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/missing $(top_srcdir)/pkgs/hio.spec.in \
-	ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub \
+	ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub ac/depcomp \
 	ac/install-sh ac/ltmain.sh ac/missing
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
diff --git a/bin/webs.c b/bin/webs.c
index 0e9369f..0344583 100644
--- a/bin/webs.c
+++ b/bin/webs.c
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ struct htts_ext_t
 };
 typedef struct htts_ext_t htts_ext_t;
 
-
 void untar (hio_t* hio, hio_dev_thr_iopair_t* iop, hio_svc_htts_thr_func_info_t* tfi, void* ctx)
 {
-	FILE* wfp = NULL;
+	FILE* wfp = HIO_NULL;
 	htts_ext_t* ext;
+	hio_tar_t* tar = HIO_NULL;
+	hio_uint8_t buf[4096];
+	ssize_t n;
 
 	ext = hio_svc_htts_getxtn(tfi->htts);
 
@@ -26,21 +28,38 @@ void untar (hio_t* hio, hio_dev_thr_iopair_t* iop, hio_svc_htts_thr_func_info_t*
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-#if 0
-	if (hio_extract_tarfd(hio, iop->rfd, ext->docroot + tfi->req_path) <= -1)
+	tar = hio_tar_open(hio, 0);
+	if (!tar)
 	{
-/* TODO: better error message */
-		write (iop->wfd, "Status: 500\r\n\r\n", 15); 
+		write (iop->wfd, "Status: 500\r\n\r\n", 15);
 		goto done;
 	}
-#endif
 
+	hio_tar_setxrootwithbcstr (tar, ext->docroot);
+
+	while (1)
+	{
+		n = read(iop->rfd, buf, HIO_COUNTOF(buf));
+		if (n <= 0) break; /* eof or error */
+
+		if (hio_tar_xfeed(tar, buf, n) <= -1)
+		{
+			write (iop->wfd, "Status: 500\r\n\r\n", 20);
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+
+	hio_tar_endxfeed (tar);
 	write (iop->wfd, "Status: 200\r\n\r\n", 15); 
 
 done:
+	if (tar)
+	{
+		hio_tar_close (tar);
+	}
 	if (wfp)
 	{
-		iop->wfd = HIO_SYSHND_INVALID; /* prevent double close by the main library */
+		iop->wfd = HIO_SYSHND_INVALID; /* prevent double close by the main library since this function closes it with fclose() */
 		fclose (wfp);
 	}
 }
@@ -178,7 +197,13 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	}
 
 	hio_setoption (hio, HIO_LOG_TARGET_BCSTR, "/dev/stderr");
-
+	{
+		hio_bitmask_t logmask;
+		hio_getoption (hio, HIO_LOG_MASK, &logmask);
+		logmask |= HIO_LOG_GUARDED;
+		hio_setoption (hio, HIO_LOG_MASK, &logmask);
+	}
+	
 	g_hio = hio;
 
 	if (webs_start(hio, argv[1], argv[2]) <= -1) goto oops;
diff --git a/lib/hio-tar.h b/lib/hio-tar.h
index dbc21d7..6c05eea 100644
--- a/lib/hio-tar.h
+++ b/lib/hio-tar.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct hio_tar_t
 
 	struct
 	{
+		hio_bch_t root[2048];
+
 		hio_tar_state_t state;
 		struct
 		{
@@ -135,6 +137,11 @@ HIO_EXPORT int hio_tar_xfeed (
 	hio_oow_t   len
 );
 
+HIO_EXPORT void hio_tar_setxrootwithbcstr (
+	hio_tar_t*       tar,
+	const hio_bch_t* root
+);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/tar.c b/lib/tar.c
index aad13d2..dbe57b8 100644
--- a/lib/tar.c
+++ b/lib/tar.c
@@ -136,11 +136,13 @@ static int x_process_header (hio_tar_t* tar)
 		}
 
 		hio_becs_clear (&tar->x.hi.filename);
-		if (hio_becs_cat(&tar->x.hi.filename, hdr->prefix) == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
-		    hio_becs_cat(&tar->x.hi.filename, hdr->name) == (hio_oow_t)-1)
+		if (tar->x.root[0] != '\0')
 		{
-			return -1;
+			if (hio_becs_cat(&tar->x.hi.filename, tar->x.root) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
+			if (HIO_BECS_LASTCHAR(&tar->x.hi.filename) != '/' && hio_becs_ccat(&tar->x.hi.filename, '/') == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
 		}
+		if (hio_becs_cat(&tar->x.hi.filename, hdr->prefix) == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
+		    hio_becs_cat(&tar->x.hi.filename, hdr->name) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
 
 		filename = HIO_BECS_PTR(&tar->x.hi.filename);
 		switch (hdr->typeflag) 
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ static int x_process_header (hio_tar_t* tar)
 				mknod (filename, S_IFBLK | tar->x.hi.filemode,  ((tar->x.hi.devmajor << 8) | tar->x.hi.devminor));
 				break;
 			case HIO_TAR_DIRTYPE:
-				create_dir (hdr->name, tar->x.hi.filemode);
+				create_dir (filename, tar->x.hi.filemode);
 				break;
 			case HIO_TAR_FIFOTYPE:
 				mkfifo (filename, tar->x.hi.filemode);
@@ -272,3 +274,8 @@ int hio_tar_xfeed (hio_tar_t* tar, const void* ptr, hio_oow_t len)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void hio_tar_setxrootwithbcstr (hio_tar_t* tar, const hio_bch_t* root)
+{
+	hio_copy_bcstr (tar->x.root, HIO_COUNTOF(tar->x.root), root); /* TOOD: handle truncation. make tar->x.root dyanmic? */
+}
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