diff --git a/packages/hal/PKGBUILD b/packages/hal/PKGBUILD
index a4d293c..6312a82 100644
--- a/packages/hal/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packages/hal/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkgname=hal
 pkgver=0.2.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="HAL 9000 — Antergos NeXT Package Manager. Dual-mode: wrapper (pacman) or native (standalone)."
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/Antergos-NeXT"
diff --git a/packages/hal/__pycache__/halcpython-314.pyc b/packages/hal/__pycache__/halcpython-314.pyc
index 38e8e78..12c68bc 100644
Binary files a/packages/hal/__pycache__/halcpython-314.pyc and b/packages/hal/__pycache__/halcpython-314.pyc differ
diff --git a/packages/hal/hal b/packages/hal/hal
index b624c02..da684e7 100755
--- a/packages/hal/hal
+++ b/packages/hal/hal
@@ -367,10 +367,19 @@ def load_sync_dbs() -> Dict[str, dict]:
     for db_path in sorted(SYNC_DIR.glob("*.db")):
         try:
             with open(db_path, "rb") as f:
-                import zstandard
-                dctx = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor()
-                with dctx.stream_reader(f) as reader:
-                    with tarfile.open(fileobj=reader, mode="r|") as tar:
+                header = f.read(4)
+                f.seek(0)
+                reader = None
+                if header[:4] == b"\x28\xb5\x2f\xfd":
+                    import zstandard
+                    dctx = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor()
+                    reader = dctx.stream_reader(f)
+                elif header[:2] == b"\x1f\x8b":
+                    import gzip
+                    reader = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=f)
+                else:
+                    reader = f
+                with tarfile.open(fileobj=reader, mode="r|") as tar:
                         current_dir = None
                         entry_data = {}
                         for member in tar: