diff --git a/src/hz.erl b/src/hz.erl
index adfeae2..2827f79 100644
--- a/src/hz.erl
+++ b/src/hz.erl
@@ -792,16 +792,22 @@ contract_code(ID) ->
 
 contract_source(ID) ->
     case request(["/v3/contracts/", ID, "/source"]) of
-        {ok, #{"source" := Source}} -> extract(Source);
+        {ok, #{"source" := Blobby}} -> extract(Blobby);
         {ok, #{"reason" := Reason}} -> {error, Reason};
         Error                       -> Error
     end.
 
-extract(TarBaby) ->
+extract(Blobby) ->
+    case gmser_api_encoder:safe_decode(bytearray, Blobby) of
+        {ok, TarBaby}             -> extract2(TarBaby);
+        {error, invalid_encoding} -> {ok, Blobby}
+    end.
+
+extract2(TarBaby) ->
     case erl_tar:extract({binary, TarBaby}, [memory, compressed]) of
         {ok, Project} -> {ok, Project};
-        Error ->
-            io:format("dis chit happen: ~tp", [Error]),
+        Error         ->
+            io:format("Dis chit happen: ~tp~n", [Error]),
             {ok, TarBaby}
     end.