diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ff7b67d..6cc3f27 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ script:
 - cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 - cargo test --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 - strip -s target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/sausagewiki
-- xz -9 < target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/sausagewiki > sausagewiki.xz
+- XZ_OPT=-9 tar Jcf sausagewiki.tar.xz target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/sausagewiki
 
 deploy:
   provider: releases
   api_key:
     secure: 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
-  file: sausagewiki.xz
+  file: sausagewiki.tar.xz
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     repo: maghoff/sausagewiki
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea7feaa..8a30ae5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ Install and run
 Sausagewiki aims to be simple to get up and running. It is distributed as a
 single independent executable for Linux.
 
- 1. Download the latest build of `sausagewiki.xz` from <https://github.com/maghoff/sausagewiki/releases/latest>
- 2. Decompress: `xz -d sausagewiki.xz`
- 3. Set execution permission: `chmod a+x sausagewiki`
- 4. Run: `./sausagewiki wiki.db`
+ 1. Download the latest build of `sausagewiki.tar.xz` from <https://github.com/maghoff/sausagewiki/releases/latest>
+ 2. Decompress: `tar Jxf sausagewiki.tar.xz`, it decompresses to the single
+    executable `sausagewiki`
+ 3. Run: `./sausagewiki wiki.db`
 
 For a more permanent installation, you could [install Sausagewiki as a systemd
 service](https://github.com/maghoff/sausagewiki/wiki/System-wide-installation-with-systemd).