diff --git a/inary/archive.py b/inary/archive.py
index 618baa634b593f218566e0096247d91ac275c27b..245a2ef7ab6171ec98008caccbd8a8c28293ecb3 100644
--- a/inary/archive.py
+++ b/inary/archive.py
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
                 if is_dir:  # this is a directory
                     if not os.path.isdir(ofile):
                         os.makedirs(ofile)
+                        perm = info.external_attr >> 16
+                        if perm == 0:
+                            perm = 33261 # octets of -rwxr-xr-x
+                        os.chmod(ofile, perm)
                     continue
 
                 # check that output dir is present
@@ -751,8 +755,12 @@ class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
                     target = self.zip_obj.read(info.filename)
                     os.symlink(target, ofile)
                 else:
+                    perm = info.external_attr >> 16
+                    if perm==0:
+                        perm=33261 # -rwxr-xr-x
                     info.filename = outpath
                     self.zip_obj.extract(info, target_dir)
+                    os.chmod(ofile, perm)
 
     def unpack_files(self, paths, target_dir):
         self.unpack_file_cond(lambda f: f in paths, target_dir)
diff --git a/inary/cli/command.py b/inary/cli/command.py
index f631b1f9905a6a9663a9d56ffb3fdf0a138e1964..4a94f10cc101c120c03d22bae9f88cc0a61d7ab0 100644
--- a/inary/cli/command.py
+++ b/inary/cli/command.py
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ class Command(object):
         pass
 
     def process_opts(self):
-        self.check_auth_info()
-
         # make destdir absolute
         if self.options.destdir:
             d = str(self.options.destdir)
@@ -138,32 +136,8 @@ class Command(object):
                 os.makedirs(d)
             self.options.destdir = os.path.realpath(d)
 
-    def check_auth_info(self):
-        username = self.options.username
-        password = self.options.password
-
-        # TODO: We'll get the username, password pair from a configuration
-        # file from users home directory. Currently we need user to
-        # give it from the user interface.
-        #         if not username and not password:
-        #             if someauthconfig.username and someauthconfig.password:
-        #                 self.authInfo = (someauthconfig.username,
-        #                                  someauthconfig.password)
-        #                 return
-        if username and password:
-            self.options.authinfo = (username, password)
-            return
-
-        if username and not password:
-            from getpass import getpass
-            password = getpass(_("Password: "))
-            self.options.authinfo = (username, password)
-        else:
-            self.options.authinfo = None
-
     def init(self, database=True, write=True, locked=False):
         """initialize INARY components"""
-
         if self.options:
             ui = inary.cli.CLI(self.options.debug, self.options.verbose)
         else:
diff --git a/inary/constants.py b/inary/constants.py
index e9b53301b784f3a4701493f180788cc3c23bf6d7..b18414921a5663d79c25f91c538a1021e3b15662 100644
--- a/inary/constants.py
+++ b/inary/constants.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class Constants(metaclass=Singleton):
         self.__c.lzma_suffix = ".lzma"
         # suffix for xz
         self.__c.xz_suffix = ".xz"
+        # suffix for gz
+        self.__c.gz_suffix = ".gz"
 
         self.__c.partial_suffix = ".part"
         self.__c.temporary_suffix = ".tmp"
diff --git a/inary/operations/build.py b/inary/operations/build.py
index 346cc85bf7ad7dfe61cdbe87f98d4a2caa3cb61b..e7452c1c9a2f39b23e589e376e29e9567ba74179 100644
--- a/inary/operations/build.py
+++ b/inary/operations/build.py
@@ -1208,13 +1208,15 @@ package might be a good solution."))
                     orgname = util.join_path("debug", finfo.path)
                 pkg.add_to_install(orgname, finfo.path)
 
-            if self.target_package_format == "1.2":
+            if self.target_package_format == "1.3":
+                archive_format = ".tar.gz"
+            elif self.target_package_format == "1.2":
                 archive_format = ".tar.xz"
             elif self.target_package_format == "1.1":
                 archive_format = ".tar.lzma"
             else:
                 # "1.0" format does not have an archive
-                archive_format = ""
+                archive_format = ".tar"
 
             self.metadata.package.installTarHash = util.sha1_file(
                 "{0}/install{1}".format(self.pkg_dir(), archive_format))
diff --git a/inary/package.py b/inary/package.py
index 19efb923b5cb265f5bc3715a0c0ab79044051e6f..d3c57a6c78497a4de2562593880cebd54431cb49 100644
--- a/inary/package.py
+++ b/inary/package.py
@@ -40,21 +40,24 @@ class Package:
     """INARY Package Class provides access to a inary package (.inary
     file)."""
 
-    formats = ("1.0", "1.1", "1.2")
+    formats = ("1.0", "1.1", "1.2", "1.3")
     default_format = "1.2"
     timestamp = None
 
     @staticmethod
     def archive_name_and_format(package_format):
-        if package_format == "1.2":
+        if package_format == "1.3":
+            archive_format = "targz"
+            archive_suffix = ctx.const.gz_suffix
+        elif package_format == "1.2":
             archive_format = "tarxz"
             archive_suffix = ctx.const.xz_suffix
         elif package_format == "1.1":
             archive_format = "tarlzma"
             archive_suffix = ctx.const.lzma_suffix
         else:
-            # "1.0" format does not have an archive
-            return None, None
+            archive_format = "tar"
+            archive_suffix = ""
 
         archive_name = ctx.const.install_tar + archive_suffix
         return archive_name, archive_format
@@ -121,11 +124,6 @@ class Package:
         if arcname is None:
             arcname = name
 
-        if self.format == "1.0":
-            arcname = util.join_path("install", arcname)
-            self.add_to_package(name, arcname)
-            return
-
         if self.install_archive is None:
             archive_name, archive_format = \
                 self.archive_name_and_format(self.format)