diff --git a/scripts/pack-codegen-for-zig-team.sh b/scripts/pack-codegen-for-zig-team.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2d7ccbade7..45d6775b2f
--- a/scripts/pack-codegen-for-zig-team.sh
+++ b/scripts/pack-codegen-for-zig-team.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ if ! test -d build/debug/codegen; then
 fi
 
 out="codegen-for-zig-team.tar.gz"
-tar -cf "$out" \
+tar -zcf "$out" \
   build/debug/codegen \
   src/bun.js/bindings/GeneratedBindings.zig \
   src/bun.js/bindings/GeneratedJS2Native.zig
-echo "-> $out"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "-> $out"