diff --git a/podman-gitea/zz_build-images.sh b/podman-gitea/zz_build-images.sh
index bf70ae9..b997ce0 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/zz_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/zz_build-images.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildfolder=/tmp/gitea-$$
 
 if ! podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version}; then
     mkdir ${buildfolder} &&
-        curl -sSfL -- "https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${gitea_version}/gitea-src-${gitea_version}.tar.gz" | tar xz -C ${buildfolder}/ && {
+        curl -sSfL -- "https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${gitea_version}/gitea-src-${gitea_version}.tar.gz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C ${buildfolder}/ && {
 	sed_in_place "^FROM golang" "FROM docker.io/library/golang" ${buildfolder}/Dockerfile
         sed_in_place "^FROM alpine" "FROM docker.io/library/alpine" ${buildfolder}/Dockerfile
 	TMPDIR=${HOME} podman image build -t ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} -f ${buildfolder}/Dockerfile ${buildfolder}