diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d8d3bfc9..b699686cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "@testing-library/react": "^12.1.4",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.181",
+    "@types/pako": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/styled-components": "^5.1.24",
     "addressparser": "^1.0.1",
     "atob": "^2.1.2",
@@ -19,10 +20,12 @@
     "ethereumjs-abi": "^0.6.8",
     "ethers": "^5.7.1",
     "forge-std": "^1.1.2",
+    "js-untar": "^2.0.0",
     "libmime": "^5.1.0",
     "localforage": "^1.10.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "next": "^12.3.1",
+    "pako": "^2.1.0",
     "prettier": "^2.7.1",
     "prettier-plugin-solidity": "^1.0.0-beta.24",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
diff --git a/src/helpers/uncompress.ts b/src/helpers/uncompress.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac06db175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/uncompress.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pako from 'pako';
+// @ts-ignore
+import untar from 'js-untar';
+
+// js-tar doesn't have a type.d so we add a type here.
+type TarFile = {
+  name: string,
+  buffer: ArrayBuffer
+}
+
+// uncompresses a tarball containing a single .zkeyd file.
+// returns the contents of that file as an ArrayBuffer
+const uncompressZkeydTarball = async (arrayBuffer:ArrayBuffer): Promise<TarFile> => {
+  console.log(`Started to uncompress tarball...!`);
+
+  // ungzip file
+  const output = pako.ungzip(arrayBuffer);
+  const buff = output.buffer;
+
+  // extract file(s) from tar
+  const files = await untar(buff);
+  console.log("files in tar file:", files.map((file: TarFile) => file.name));
+  // check for files ending in .zkeyd.
+  const zkeydFiles = files.filter((file: TarFile) => file.name.match(/(.+)\.zkey.$/)?.[0]);
+  const fileNames = zkeydFiles.map((file: TarFile) => file.name);
+  console.log(fileNames.length, ".zkey* files in tar file:", fileNames);
+
+  if (zkeydFiles.length === 1) {
+    // find one file from the tar file.
+    const file = zkeydFiles[0];
+    return file;
+  } else if (zkeydFiles.length > 1) {
+    throw new Error("More than one .zkeyd files found in tarball");
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("No .zkey files found in tarball.");
+  }
+}
+
+export {uncompressZkeydTarball, type TarFile};
diff --git a/src/helpers/zkp.ts b/src/helpers/zkp.ts
index 06450d3c9..b16f987b5 100644
--- a/src/helpers/zkp.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/zkp.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { vkey } from "./vkey";
+import localforage from 'localforage';
+import { uncompressZkeydTarball as uncompress } from "./uncompress";
 
-const localforage = require("localforage");
 const snarkjs = require("snarkjs");
-const tar = require('tar-stream')
-const zlib = require('zlib')
 
 const loadURL = "https://zkemail-zkey-chunks.s3.amazonaws.com/";
+// const loadURL = "/zkemail-zkey-chunks/";
 
 export async function downloadFromFilename(filename: string, compressed = false) {
   const link = loadURL + filename;
@@ -18,54 +18,23 @@ export async function downloadFromFilename(filename: string, compressed = false)
     if(!compressed){
       await localforage.setItem(filename, zkeyBuff);
     } else {
-      await uncompressAndStore(zkeyBuff, filename);
+      // uncompress the data
+      const zkeyUncompressed = uncompress(zkeyBuff);
+      const rawFilename = filename.replace(/.tar.gz$/, "");
+      // store the uncompressed data
+      console.log("storing file in localforage", rawFilename)
+      await localforage.setItem(rawFilename, zkeyUncompressed);
+      console.log("stored file in localforage", rawFilename);
+      // await localforage.setItem(filename, zkeyBuff);
     }
     console.log(`Storage of ${filename} successful!`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(`Storage of ${filename} unsuccessful, make sure IndexedDB is enabled in your browser.`);
+    console.log(e);
   }
 }
 
 const zkeyExtension = ".tar.gz"
-
-// Un-targz the arrayBuffer into the filename without the .tar.gz on the end
-const uncompressAndStore = async function (arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer, filename: string) {
-  console.log(`Started to uncompress ${filename}...!`);
-  const extract = tar.extract() // create a tar extract stream
-  const gunzip = zlib.createGunzip(arrayBuffer) // create a gunzip stream from the array buffer
-  gunzip.pipe(extract) // pipe the gunzip stream into the tar extract stream
-
-  // header is the tar header, stream is the content body (might be an empty stream), call next when you are done with this entry
-  extract.on('entry', function(header: any, stream: any, next: Function) {
-    // decompress the entry data
-    const extractedData: any = []
-    stream.on('data', function(chunk: any) {
-      extractedData.push(chunk)
-    })
-
-    // make sure to call next when the entry is fully processed
-    stream.on('end', function() {
-      next()
-
-      console.assert(filename.endsWith(zkeyExtension), `Filename doesn't end in ${zkeyExtension}`)
-      const rawFilename = filename.replace(/.tar.gz$/, "");
-      // save the extracted data to localForage
-      localforage.setItem(rawFilename, extractedData, function(err: Error) {
-        if (err) {
-          console.error(`Couldn't extract data from ${filename}:` + err.message)
-        } else {
-          console.log('Saved extracted file to localForage')
-        }
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
-  // all entries have been processed
-  extract.on('finish', function() {
-    console.log(`Finished extracting ${filename}`)
-  })
-}
-
 const zkeySuffix = ["b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k"];
 
 export const downloadProofFiles = async function (filename: string) {
@@ -105,7 +74,8 @@ export async function generateProof(input: any, filename: string) {
   // TODO: figure out how to generate this s.t. it passes build
   console.log("generating proof for input");
   console.log(input);
-  const { proof, publicSignals } = await snarkjs.groth16.fullProve(input, `https://zkemail-zkey-chunks.s3.amazonaws.com/${filename}.wasm`, `${filename}.zkey`);
+  //const { proof, publicSignals } = await snarkjs.groth16.fullProve(input, `https://zkemail-zkey-chunks.s3.amazonaws.com/${filename}.wasm`, `${filename}.zkey`);
+  const { proof, publicSignals } = await snarkjs.groth16.fullProve(input, `${loadURL}/${filename}.wasm`, `${filename}.zkey`);
   console.log(`Generated proof ${JSON.stringify(proof)}`);
 
   return {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a9eb75122..cc22541e9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3337,6 +3337,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/pako@npm:^2.0.0":
+  version: 2.0.0
+  resolution: "@types/pako@npm:2.0.0"
+  checksum: 50240a036b5e6acabbf36ac4dca93ec9e619241f0404da8d401cdb427bec3029833324b8a04c4b1ae2ecbc33422fdec31dbf9f43653d9d07cafb82ace78dfccd
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/parse-json@npm:^4.0.0":
   version: 4.0.0
   resolution: "@types/parse-json@npm:4.0.0"
@@ -7666,6 +7673,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/atob": ^2.1.2
     "@types/lodash": ^4.14.181
     "@types/node": ^18.0.6
+    "@types/pako": ^2.0.0
     "@types/styled-components": ^5.1.24
     addressparser: ^1.0.1
     atob: ^2.1.2
@@ -7677,11 +7685,13 @@ __metadata:
     ethereumjs-abi: ^0.6.8
     ethers: ^5.7.1
     forge-std: ^1.1.2
+    js-untar: ^2.0.0
     libmime: ^5.1.0
     localforage: ^1.10.0
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     next: ^12.3.1
     nodemon: ^2.0.19
+    pako: ^2.1.0
     prettier: ^2.7.1
     prettier-plugin-solidity: ^1.0.0-beta.24
     react: ^17.0.2
@@ -11790,6 +11800,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"js-untar@npm:^2.0.0":
+  version: 2.0.0
+  resolution: "js-untar@npm:2.0.0"
+  checksum: 36fbcd3cda9049dc7da968998e44e79b0d030ac05d64949d2143dc7cfbe78aa69d7c0a01888edbbca8dff7b5332afcd17d5f91449105165499bb26a95816092d
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "js-yaml@npm:^3.13.1":
   version: 3.14.1
   resolution: "js-yaml@npm:3.14.1"
@@ -13707,6 +13724,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"pako@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.1.0
+  resolution: "pako@npm:2.1.0"
+  checksum: 71666548644c9a4d056bcaba849ca6fd7242c6cf1af0646d3346f3079a1c7f4a66ffec6f7369ee0dc88f61926c10d6ab05da3e1fca44b83551839e89edd75a3e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "pako@npm:~1.0.5":
   version: 1.0.11
   resolution: "pako@npm:1.0.11"