diff --git a/ares-package/src/main.rs b/ares-package/src/main.rs
index a4aa250..409973c 100644
--- a/ares-package/src/main.rs
+++ b/ares-package/src/main.rs
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@ fn main() {
     };
     ar.append_control(&control, mtime).unwrap();
     ar.append_data(&data, mtime).unwrap();
+    println!("Done.");
 }
diff --git a/ares-package/src/packaging/data.rs b/ares-package/src/packaging/data.rs
index ec27650..433a32a 100644
--- a/ares-package/src/packaging/data.rs
+++ b/ares-package/src/packaging/data.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{Cursor, Result, Write as IoWrite, Write};
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use ar::{Builder as ArBuilder, Header as ArHeader};
 use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
 use flate2::Compression;
-use path_slash::{PathBufExt, PathExt as _};
+use path_slash::PathExt as _;
 use regex::Regex;
 use tar::{Builder as TarBuilder, EntryType, Header as TarHeader};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use crate::input::data::DataInfo;
 use crate::input::filter_by_excludes;
+use crate::PackageInfo;
 
 pub trait AppendData {
     fn append_data(&mut self, details: &DataInfo, mtime: u64) -> Result<()>;
@@ -30,40 +32,27 @@ where
         let gz = GzEncoder::new(&mut data_tar_gz, Compression::default());
         let mut tar = TarBuilder::new(gz);
 
-        append_dirs(
-            &mut tar,
-            &format!("usr/palm/applications/"),
-            Option::<&Path>::None,
-            mtime,
-        )?;
+        let mut dir_entries: HashSet<PathBuf> = HashSet::new();
+
         append_tree(
             &mut tar,
             format!("usr/palm/applications/{}/", info.app),
             &details.app.path,
+            &mut dir_entries,
             details.excludes.as_ref(),
+            mtime,
         )?;
         for service in &details.services {
             append_tree(
                 &mut tar,
                 format!("usr/palm/services/{}/", service.info.id),
                 &service.path,
+                &mut dir_entries,
                 details.excludes.as_ref(),
+                mtime,
             )?;
         }
-
-        append_dirs(
-            &mut tar,
-            &format!("usr/palm/packages/{}/", info.id),
-            Some(Path::new("usr/palm")),
-            mtime,
-        )?;
-        let mut tar_header = TarHeader::new_gnu();
-        tar_header.set_path(format!("usr/palm/packages/{}/packageinfo.json", info.id))?;
-        tar_header.set_mode(0o100644);
-        tar_header.set_size(details.package_data.len() as u64);
-        tar_header.set_mtime(mtime);
-        tar_header.set_cksum();
-        tar.append(&tar_header, details.package_data.deref())?;
+        append_package_info(&mut tar, &mut dir_entries, info, details, mtime)?;
         drop(tar);
 
         let mut ar_header = ArHeader::new(b"data.tar.gz".to_vec(), data_tar_gz.len() as u64);
@@ -76,7 +65,7 @@ where
 fn append_dirs<W, P>(
     tar: &mut TarBuilder<W>,
     path: P,
-    path_stop: Option<&Path>,
+    dir_entries: &mut HashSet<PathBuf>,
     mtime: u64,
 ) -> Result<()>
 where
@@ -87,36 +76,54 @@ where
     let empty = Vec::<u8>::new();
     let mut p = path.as_ref();
     while p != Path::new("") {
-        if let Some(s) = path_stop {
-            if p == s {
-                break;
-            }
+        if dir_entries.contains(p) {
+            break;
         }
         stack.insert(0, p);
+        dir_entries.insert(p.to_path_buf());
         if let Some(parent) = p.parent() {
             p = parent;
         }
     }
     for p in stack {
         let mut header = TarHeader::new_gnu();
-        header.set_path(format!("{}/", p.to_slash_lossy()))?;
+        let mut dir = String::from(p.to_slash_lossy());
+        if !dir.ends_with('/') {
+            dir.push('/');
+        }
+        header.set_path(&dir)?;
         header.set_entry_type(EntryType::Directory);
-        header.set_mode(0o100755);
+        header.set_mode(0o100775);
         header.set_size(0);
         header.set_uid(0);
-        header.set_gid(0);
+        header.set_gid(5000);
         header.set_mtime(mtime);
         header.set_cksum();
+        println!("Adding {path}", path = dir);
         tar.append(&header, empty.deref())?;
     }
     return Ok(());
 }
 
+fn tar_path<S, P>(prefix: S, path: P) -> PathBuf
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    return PathBuf::from(format!(
+        "{}{}",
+        prefix.as_ref(),
+        path.as_ref().to_slash_lossy()
+    ));
+}
+
 fn append_tree<W, S, P>(
     tar: &mut TarBuilder<W>,
     prefix: S,
     path: P,
+    dir_entries: &mut HashSet<PathBuf>,
     excludes: Option<&Regex>,
+    mtime: u64,
 ) -> Result<()>
 where
     W: Write,
@@ -134,33 +141,62 @@ where
         let entry = entry?;
         let entry_type = entry.file_type();
         let entry_metadata = entry.metadata()?;
-        let tar_path = format!(
-            "{}{}",
-            prefix.as_ref(),
-            entry
-                .path()
-                .strip_prefix(base_path)
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_slash_lossy()
-        );
+        let entry_path = entry.path();
+        let tar_path = tar_path(&prefix, entry_path.strip_prefix(base_path).unwrap());
+        if entry_type.is_dir() {
+            append_dirs(tar, &tar_path, dir_entries, mtime)?;
+        } else if let Some(parent) = tar_path.parent() {
+            append_dirs(tar, parent, dir_entries, mtime)?;
+        }
         if entry_type.is_symlink() {
-            let link_target = fs::read_link(entry.path())?;
+            let link_target = fs::read_link(entry_path)?;
+            let mut header = TarHeader::new_gnu();
+            header.set_metadata(&entry_metadata);
+            header.set_uid(0);
+            header.set_gid(5000);
+            header.set_cksum();
             println!(
-                "Adding symlink {tar_path} => {} ({} bytes)",
-                link_target.to_slash_lossy(),
-                entry_metadata.len(),
+                "Adding {path} -> {target}",
+                path = tar_path.to_string_lossy(),
+                target = link_target.to_string_lossy()
             );
+            tar.append_link(&mut header, tar_path, link_target)?;
+        } else if entry_type.is_file() {
             let mut header = TarHeader::new_gnu();
+            header.set_path(&tar_path)?;
             header.set_metadata(&entry_metadata);
+            header.set_uid(0);
+            header.set_gid(5000);
             header.set_cksum();
-            tar.append_link(&mut header, tar_path, link_target)?;
-        } else if entry_type.is_dir() {
-            println!("Adding dir {tar_path} ({} bytes)", entry_metadata.len());
-            tar.append_dir(tar_path, entry.path())?;
-        } else {
-            println!("Adding file {tar_path} ({} bytes)", entry_metadata.len());
-            tar.append_file(tar_path, &mut File::open(entry.path())?)?;
+            println!("Adding {path}", path = tar_path.to_string_lossy());
+            tar.append_data(&mut header, tar_path, &mut File::open(entry_path)?)?;
         }
     }
     return Ok(());
 }
+
+fn append_package_info<W>(
+    tar: &mut TarBuilder<W>,
+    dir_entries: &mut HashSet<PathBuf>,
+    info: &PackageInfo,
+    details: &DataInfo,
+    mtime: u64,
+) -> Result<()>
+where
+    W: Write,
+{
+    let package_dir = format!("usr/palm/packages/{}/", info.id);
+    append_dirs(tar, &package_dir, dir_entries, mtime)?;
+    let mut header = TarHeader::new_gnu();
+    let pkg_info_path = format!("usr/palm/packages/{}/packageinfo.json", info.id);
+    header.set_path(&pkg_info_path)?;
+    header.set_mode(0o100644);
+    header.set_size(details.package_data.len() as u64);
+    header.set_mtime(mtime);
+    header.set_uid(0);
+    header.set_gid(5000);
+    header.set_cksum();
+    tar.append(&header, details.package_data.deref())?;
+    println!("Adding {path}", path = pkg_info_path);
+    return Ok(());
+}