diff --git a/generate_logs b/generate_logs
index 3560d3a..f13cc7c 100755
--- a/generate_logs
+++ b/generate_logs
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@
 
 # Compressing the log folder with all collected files.
 currentdate=$(date +%m%d%y-%H%M%S)
-sudo tar cjfP ${tar_path}/log-${currentdate}.tar.bz2 ${log_dir}/
+sudo tar czf ${tar_path}/log-${currentdate}.tar.gz -C $(dirname ${log_dir}) \
+    $(basename ${log_dir})/
 sudo rm -rf ${log_dir}/
 echo "Log files zipped to folder under ${tar_path}: log-${currentdate}.tar.bz2"