diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 60374da..8f9af70 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "MinIO Cache"
-description: "Save and restore caches via MinIO/S3."
+description: "Save and restore caches"
 author: "0xMax42"
 branding:
   icon: "archive"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ inputs:
   compression-level:
     description: "Compression level for the cache. ZStd, eg. 0-6"
     required: false
-    default: "3"
+    default: "0"
 
 outputs:
   cache-hit:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 8299e3a..3b97bd9 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -26320,16 +26320,20 @@ var fs3 = __toESM(require("fs"));
 var path2 = __toESM(require("path"));
 var os2 = __toESM(require("os"));
 var execAsync = (0, import_util2.promisify)(import_child_process.exec);
-async function createCompressedTar(key, paths, cmprss_lvl = 3) {
+async function createCompressedTar(key, paths, cmprss_lvl = 0) {
   if (!paths || paths.length === 0) {
     throw new Error("No paths specified for archiving.");
   }
   const tempDir = await fs3.promises.mkdtemp(path2.join(os2.tmpdir(), "cache-"));
   const archivePath = path2.join(tempDir, `${sanitizeKey(key)}.tar.zst`);
   const quotedPaths = paths.map((p) => `"${expandPath(p)}"`).join(" ");
-  const cmd = `tar -cf - ${quotedPaths} | zstd -${cmprss_lvl} -o "${archivePath}"`;
-  console.log(`
-\u{1F504} Compressing with zstd (Level: ${cmprss_lvl})...`);
+  const isCompressed = cmprss_lvl > 0;
+  const cmd = isCompressed ? `tar -cf - ${quotedPaths} | zstd -${cmprss_lvl} -o "${archivePath}"` : `tar -cf "${archivePath}" ${quotedPaths}`;
+  console.log(
+    isCompressed ? `
+\u{1F504} Compressing with zstd (Level: ${cmprss_lvl})...` : `
+\u{1F4E6} Creating uncompressed tar archive...`
+  );
   const startTime = Date.now();
   await execAsync(cmd, {
     cwd: "/",
@@ -26349,7 +26353,14 @@ async function extractCompressedTar(archivePath, extractTo = "/") {
   if (!fs3.existsSync(archivePath)) {
     throw new Error(`Archive not found: ${archivePath}`);
   }
-  const cmd = `zstd -dc "${archivePath}" | tar -xf - -C "${extractTo}"`;
+  const type = await detectArchiveType(archivePath);
+  if (type === "unknown") {
+    console.error(
+      `\u26A0\uFE0F Unknown archive type for ${archivePath}. Cannot extract.`
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  const cmd = type === "zstd" ? `zstd -dc "${archivePath}" | tar -xf - -C "${extractTo}"` : `tar -xf "${archivePath}" -C "${extractTo}"`;
   console.log(`
 \u{1F4C2} Extracting archive: ${archivePath}`);
   const startTime = Date.now();
@@ -26365,6 +26376,20 @@ async function extractCompressedTar(archivePath, extractTo = "/") {
   console.log(`\u{1F4E6} Archive size: ${formatSize(size)}`);
   console.log(`\u26A1 Speed: ${formatSpeed(size, duration)}`);
 }
+async function detectArchiveType(path3) {
+  const { stdout } = await execAsync(`file --brief --mime-type "${path3}"`);
+  const type = stdout.trim();
+  if (type === "application/zstd") {
+    return "zstd";
+  }
+  if (type === "application/x-tar" || type === "application/x-ustar") {
+    return "tar";
+  }
+  const { stdout: fileOutput } = await execAsync(`file "${path3}"`);
+  if (/Zstandard compressed data/.test(fileOutput)) return "zstd";
+  if (/tar archive/.test(fileOutput)) return "tar";
+  return "unknown";
+}
 
 // src/save.ts
 async function saveCache(key, paths, cmprss_lvl = 3) {
@@ -26452,7 +26477,7 @@ async function run() {
         (p) => p.trim() !== ""
       );
       let compression_level = parseInt(
-        core4.getInput("compression-level", { required: false }) || "3",
+        core4.getInput("compression-level", { required: false }) || "0",
         10
       );
       if (isNaN(compression_level) || compression_level < 0 || compression_level > 6) {