diff --git a/bpm_utils/package_utils.go b/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
index aaddac6..ea18f1f 100644
--- a/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
+++ b/bpm_utils/package_utils.go
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ func InstallPackage(filename, installDir string, force bool) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+			case tar.TypeSymlink:
+				fmt.Println("old name: " + header.Linkname)
+				fmt.Println("new name: " + header.Name)
+				err := os.Symlink(header.Linkname, extractFilename)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			default:
 				return errors.New("ExtractTarGz: uknown type: " + strconv.Itoa(int(header.Typeflag)) + " in " + extractFilename)
 			}
@@ -376,7 +383,7 @@ func RemovePackage(pkg, rootDir string) error {
 	files := GetPackageFiles(pkg, rootDir)
 	for _, file := range files {
 		file = path.Join(rootDir, file)
-		stat, err := os.Stat(file)
+		stat, err := os.Lstat(file)
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c803071..b6f3528 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 /*   A simple-to-use package manager  */
 /* ---------------------------------- */
 
-var bpmVer = "0.0.6"
+var bpmVer = "0.0.7"
 var rootDir = "/"
 
 func main() {
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ func resolveCommand() {
 				}
 			}
 			err := bpm_utils.RemovePackage(pkg, rootDir)
+
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Could not remove package\nError: %s\n", err)
 			}
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm
index 3fd268c..fe44639 100644
Binary files a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm and b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/bpm.bpm differ
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm
index 3788af7..9757cc2 100755
Binary files a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm and b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/files/usr/bin/bpm differ
diff --git a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
index f10a884..3a73b8c 100644
--- a/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
+++ b/test_packages/x86_64/bpm/pkg.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: bpm
 description: The Bubble Package Manager
-version: 0.0.6
+version: 0.0.7
 architecture: x86_64
 type: binary