diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 4886ea4..1eabbd3 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/pkg/browser"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // Create config type to store action type and data
@@ -63,6 +65,42 @@ func (config *Config) CollectFiles(dir string) {
 		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error copying data to file") }
 		// Replace file path in config.ActionData with file name
 		config.ActionData = filepath.Base(config.ActionData)
+	} else if config.ActionType == "dir" {
+		// Create tar archive
+		tarFile, err := os.Create(dir + "/" + filepath.Base(config.ActionData) + ".tar")
+		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating file") }
+		// Close tar file at the end of this function
+		defer tarFile.Close()
+		// Create writer for tar archive
+		tarArchiver := tar.NewWriter(tarFile)
+		// Close archiver at the end of this function
+		defer tarArchiver.Close()
+		// Walk given directory
+		err = filepath.Walk(config.ActionData, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			// Return if error walking
+			if err != nil { return err }
+			// Skip if file is not normal mode
+			if !info.Mode().IsRegular() { return nil }
+			// Create tar header for file
+			header, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, info.Name())
+			if err != nil { return err }
+			// Change header name to reflect decompressed filepath
+			header.Name = strings.TrimPrefix(strings.ReplaceAll(path, config.ActionData, ""), string(filepath.Separator))
+			// Write header to archive
+			if err := tarArchiver.WriteHeader(header); err != nil { return err }
+			// Open source file
+			src, err := os.Open(path)
+			if err != nil { return err }
+			// Close source file at the end of this function
+			defer src.Close()
+			// Copy source bytes to tar archive
+			if _, err := io.Copy(tarArchiver, src); err != nil { return err }
+			// Return at the end of the function
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating tar archive") }
+		// Set config data to base path for receiver
+		config.ActionData = filepath.Base(config.ActionData)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +118,9 @@ func (config *Config) ReadFile(filePath string) {
 
 // Execute action specified in config
 func (config *Config) ExecuteAction(srcDir string) {
+	// Get user's home directory
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error getting home directory") }
 	// Use ConsoleWriter logger
 	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}).Hook(FatalHook{})
 	// If action is file
@@ -89,9 +130,6 @@ func (config *Config) ExecuteAction(srcDir string) {
 		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error reading file from config") }
 		// Close source file at the end of this function
 		defer src.Close()
-		// Get user's home directory
-		homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error getting home directory") }
 		// Create file in user's Downloads directory
 		dst, err := os.Create(homeDir + "/Downloads/" + config.ActionData)
 		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating file") }
@@ -105,6 +143,51 @@ func (config *Config) ExecuteAction(srcDir string) {
 		// Attempt to open URL in browser
 		err := browser.OpenURL(config.ActionData)
 		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error opening browser") }
+	// If action is dir
+	} else if config.ActionType == "dir" {
+		// Set destination directory to ~/Downloads/{dir name}
+		dstDir := homeDir + "/Downloads/" + config.ActionData
+		// Try to create destination directory
+		err := os.Mkdir(dstDir, 0755)
+		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating directory") }
+		// Try to open tar archive file
+		tarFile, err := os.Open(srcDir + "/" + config.ActionData + ".tar")
+		if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error opening tar archive") }
+		// Close tar archive file at the end of this function
+		defer tarFile.Close()
+		// Create tar reader to unarchive tar archive
+		tarUnarchiver := tar.NewReader(tarFile)
+		// Loop to recursively unarchive tar file
+		unarchiveLoop: for {
+			// Jump to next header in tar archive
+			header, err := tarUnarchiver.Next()
+			switch {
+			// If EOF
+			case err == io.EOF:
+				// break loop
+				break unarchiveLoop
+			case err != nil:
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error unarchiving tar archive")
+			// If nil header
+			case header == nil:
+				// Skip
+				continue
+			}
+			// Set target path to header name in destination dir
+			targetPath := filepath.Join(dstDir, header.Name)
+			switch header.Typeflag {
+			// If regular file
+			case tar.TypeReg:
+				// Try to create containing folder ignoring errors
+				_ = os.MkdirAll(strings.TrimSuffix(targetPath, filepath.Base(targetPath)), 0755)
+				// Create file with mode contained in header at target path
+				dstFile, err := os.OpenFile(targetPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, os.FileMode(header.Mode))
+				if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating file during unarchiving") }
+				// Copy data from tar archive into file
+				_, err = io.Copy(dstFile, tarUnarchiver)
+				if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error copying data to file") }
+			}
+		}
 	// Catchall
 	} else {
 		// Log unknown action type
diff --git a/fileCrypto.go b/fileCrypto.go
index cb6caa5..9f81224 100644
--- a/fileCrypto.go
+++ b/fileCrypto.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/aes"
 	"crypto/cipher"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"io"
@@ -17,12 +19,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Encrypt given file using the shared key
-func EncryptFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
+func CompressAndEncryptFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
 	// Use ConsoleWriter logger
 	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}).Hook(FatalHook{})
 	// Read data from file
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error opening file") }
+	compressedBuffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	zstdEncoder, err := zstd.NewWriter(compressedBuffer)
+	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating Zstd encoder") }
+	_, err = io.Copy(zstdEncoder, file)
 	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error reading file") }
+	zstdEncoder.Close()
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(compressedBuffer)
+	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error reading compressed buffer") }
 	// Create md5 hash of password in order to make it the required size
 	md5Hash := md5.New()
 	md5Hash.Write([]byte(sharedKey))
@@ -54,7 +64,7 @@ func EncryptFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
 }
 
 // Decrypt given file using the shared key
-func DecryptFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
+func DecryptAndDecompressFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
 	// Use ConsoleWriter logger
 	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}).Hook(FatalHook{})
 	// Read data from file
@@ -76,16 +86,19 @@ func DecryptFile(filePath string, newFilePath string, sharedKey string) {
 	// Decrypt data
 	plaintext, err := gcm.Open(nil, nonce, ciphertext, nil)
 	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error decrypting data") }
+	zstdDecoder, err := zstd.NewReader(bytes.NewBuffer(plaintext))
+	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating Zstd decoder") }
 	// Create new file
 	newFile, err := os.Create(newFilePath)
 	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating file") }
 	// Defer file close
 	defer newFile.Close()
-	// Write ciphertext to new file
-	bytesWritten, err := newFile.Write(plaintext)
+	// Write plaintext to new file
+	bytesWritten, err := io.Copy(newFile, zstdDecoder)
 	if err != nil { log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error writing to file") }
+	zstdDecoder.Close()
 	// Log bytes written and to which file
-	log.Info().Str("file", filepath.Base(newFilePath)).Msg("Wrote " + strconv.Itoa(bytesWritten) + " bytes")
+	log.Info().Str("file", filepath.Base(newFilePath)).Msg("Wrote " + strconv.Itoa(int(bytesWritten)) + " bytes")
 }
 
 // Encrypt files in given directory using shared key
@@ -99,7 +112,7 @@ func EncryptFiles(dir string, sharedKey string) {
 		// If file is not a directory and is not the key
 		if !info.IsDir() && !strings.Contains(path, "key.aes"){
 			// Encrypt the file using shared key, appending .enc
-			EncryptFile(path, path + ".enc", sharedKey)
+			CompressAndEncryptFile(path, path + ".zst.enc", sharedKey)
 			// Remove unencrypted file
 			err := os.Remove(path)
 			if err != nil { return err }
@@ -121,7 +134,7 @@ func DecryptFiles(dir string, sharedKey string) {
 		// If file is not a directory and is encrypted
 		if !info.IsDir() && strings.Contains(path, ".enc") {
 			// Decrypt the file using the shared key, removing .enc
-			DecryptFile(path, strings.TrimSuffix(path, ".enc"), sharedKey)
+			DecryptAndDecompressFile(path, strings.TrimSuffix(path, ".zst.enc"), sharedKey)
 		}
 		// Return nil if no errors occurred
 		return nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26e9f9a..988eab4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/grandcat/zeroconf v1.0.0
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.3
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20201112035734-206646e67786
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.20.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dfef2ce..cf6f34e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QH
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/grandcat/zeroconf v1.0.0 h1:uHhahLBKqwWBV6WZUDAT71044vwOTL+McW0mBJvo6kE=
 github.com/grandcat/zeroconf v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lTKmG1zh86XyCoUeIHSA4FJMBwCJiQmGfcP2PdzytEs=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.3 h1:dB4Bn0tN3wdCzQxnS8r06kV74qN/TAfaIS0bVE8h3jc=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.3/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.27 h1:aEH/kqUzUxGJ/UHcEKdJY+ugH6WEzsEBBSPa8zuy1aM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.27/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20201112035734-206646e67786 h1:4Gk0Dsp90g2YwfsxDOjvkEIgKGh+2R9FlvormRycveA=