diff --git a/src/compressors/tar.rs b/src/compressors/tar.rs
index 53ccb87..2ca322d 100644
--- a/src/compressors/tar.rs
+++ b/src/compressors/tar.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use super::compressor::Entry;
 use crate::{compressors::Compressor, file::File};
+use crate::utils;
 
 pub struct TarCompressor {}
 
@@ -20,19 +21,12 @@ impl TarCompressor {
     }
 
     fn make_archive_from_files(input_filenames: Vec<PathBuf>) -> crate::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let change_dir_and_return_parent = |filename: &PathBuf| -> crate::Result<PathBuf> {
-            let previous_location = env::current_dir()?;
-            let parent = filename.parent().unwrap();
-            env::set_current_dir(parent)?;
-            Ok(previous_location)
-        };
-
+    
         let buf = Vec::new();
         let mut b = Builder::new(buf);
 
         for filename in input_filenames {
-            let previous_location = change_dir_and_return_parent(&filename)?;
-            // Safe unwrap since this filename came from `fs::canonicalize`.
+            let previous_location = utils::change_dir_and_return_parent(&filename)?;
             let filename = filename.file_name().unwrap();
             for entry in WalkDir::new(&filename) {
                 let entry = entry?;
diff --git a/src/compressors/zip.rs b/src/compressors/zip.rs
index 5a8c55e..316d9c7 100644
--- a/src/compressors/zip.rs
+++ b/src/compressors/zip.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use super::compressor::Entry;
-use crate::{compressors::Compressor, file::File};
+use crate::{compressors::Compressor, file::File, utils};
 
 pub struct ZipCompressor {}
 
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ impl ZipCompressor {
             zip::write::FileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated);
 
         for filename in input_filenames {
+
+            let previous_location = utils::change_dir_and_return_parent(&filename)?;
+            let filename = filename.file_name().unwrap();
+
             for entry in WalkDir::new(filename) {
                 let entry = entry?;
                 let entry_path = &entry.path();
@@ -65,6 +69,8 @@ impl ZipCompressor {
                 let file_bytes = std::fs::read(entry.path())?;
                 writer.write_all(&*file_bytes)?;
             }
+
+            std::env::set_current_dir(previous_location)?;
         }
 
         let bytes = writer.finish().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 2c8193d..1ec935e 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    fs,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+use std::{env, fs, path::{Path, PathBuf}};
 
 use colored::Colorize;
 
@@ -63,3 +60,10 @@ pub(crate) fn get_destination_path(dest: &Option<File>) -> &Path {
         None => Path::new("."),
     }
 }
+
+pub (crate) fn change_dir_and_return_parent(filename: &PathBuf) -> crate::Result<PathBuf> {
+    let previous_location = env::current_dir()?;
+    let parent = filename.parent().unwrap();
+    env::set_current_dir(parent)?;
+    Ok(previous_location)
+}
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