diff --git a/utils/extract_utils.go b/utils/extract_utils.go
index 636fde1..6c51928 100644
--- a/utils/extract_utils.go
+++ b/utils/extract_utils.go
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-func ReadTarballContent(tarballPath, fileToExtract string) ([]byte, error) {
+type TarballFileReader struct {
+	tarReader *tar.Reader
+	file      *os.File
+}
+
+func ReadTarballContent(tarballPath, fileToExtract string) (*TarballFileReader, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(tarballPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer file.Close()
 
 	tr := tar.NewReader(file)
 	for {
@@ -28,11 +32,10 @@ func ReadTarballContent(tarballPath, fileToExtract string) ([]byte, error) {
 				return nil, errors.New("file to extract must be a regular file")
 			}
 
-			bytes, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return bytes, nil
+			return &TarballFileReader{
+				tarReader: tr,
+				file:      file,
+			}, nil
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/utils/package_utils.go b/utils/package_utils.go
index a775c27..4ec43f6 100644
--- a/utils/package_utils.go
+++ b/utils/package_utils.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
-	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -488,18 +487,19 @@ func extractPackage(bpmpkg *BPMPackage, verbose bool, filename, rootDir string)
 		return err, nil
 	}
 
-	content, err := ReadTarballContent(filename, "files.tar.gz")
+	tarballFile, err := ReadTarballContent(filename, "files.tar.gz")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err, nil
 	}
+	defer tarballFile.file.Close()
 
-	archive, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(content))
+	archive, err := gzip.NewReader(tarballFile.tarReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err, nil
 	}
-	tr := tar.NewReader(archive)
+	packageFilesReader := tar.NewReader(archive)
 	for {
-		header, err := tr.Next()
+		header, err := packageFilesReader.Next()
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			break
 		}
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ func extractPackage(bpmpkg *BPMPackage, verbose bool, filename, rootDir string)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err, nil
 			}
-			if _, err := io.Copy(outFile, tr); err != nil {
+			if _, err := io.Copy(outFile, packageFilesReader); err != nil {
 				return err, nil
 			}
 			if err := os.Chmod(extractFilename, header.FileInfo().Mode()); err != nil {
@@ -1119,12 +1119,14 @@ func InstallPackage(filename, rootDir string, verbose, force, binaryPkgFromSrc,
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	bs, err := ReadTarballContent(filename, "pkg.files")
+
+	tarballFile, err := ReadTarballContent(filename, "pkg.files")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = f.Write(bs)
-	err = f.Close()
+	defer tarballFile.file.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(f, tarballFile.tarReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}