diff --git a/.devtools/create_release_package.bat b/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
index 2c069937..c5c74fcd 100644
--- a/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
+++ b/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ set projectPath=%projectPath%\..
 set releasePath=%projectPath%\.release
 mkdir "%releasePath%"
 
+del "%releasePath%\grocy.tar"
+del "%releasePath%\grocy.tar.gz"
+7za a -r "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" "%projectPath%\*" -xr!.* -xr!package.json -xr!publication_assets
+7za a "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" "%projectPath%\public\.htaccess"
+7za rn "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" .htaccess public\.htaccess
+7za d "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" data\*.* data\storage data\viewcache\*
+7za a "%releasePath%\grocy.tar.gz" "%releasePath%\grocy.tar"
+
 del "%releasePath%\grocy.zip"
 7za a -r "%releasePath%\grocy.zip" "%projectPath%\*" -xr!.* -xr!build.bat -xr!composer.json -xr!composer.lock -xr!package.json -xr!yarn.lock -xr!publication_assets
 7za a "%releasePath%\grocy.zip" "%projectPath%\public\.htaccess"