diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
index 2f7d215..42a5adc 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
         if self.needClean:
             self.needClean = False
             GUI.jobList.clear()
-        if self.sevenzip:
+        if self.tar or self.sevenzip:
             fnames = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(MW, 'Select file', self.lastPath,
                                                             'Comic (*.cbz *.cbr *.cb7 *.zip *.rar *.7z *.pdf);;All (*.*)')
         else:
@@ -492,6 +492,8 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
             else:
                 fname = ['']
                 self.showDialog("Editor is disabled due to a lack of 7z.", 'error')
+                self.addMessage('<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc#7-zip">Install 7z (link)</a>'
+                ' to enable metadata editing.', 'warning')
             if fname[0] != '':
                 if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
                     sname = fname[0].replace('/', '\\')
@@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
                 self.needClean = False
                 GUI.jobList.clear()
             formats = ['.pdf']
-            if self.sevenzip:
+            if self.tar or self.sevenzip:
                 formats.extend(['.cb7', '.7z', '.cbz', '.zip', '.cbr', '.rar'])
             if os.path.isdir(message):
                 GUI.jobList.addItem(message)
@@ -1028,13 +1030,19 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
             self.addMessage('Since you are a new user of <b>KCC</b> please see few '
                             '<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/wiki/Important-tips">important tips</a>.',
                             'info')
+        try:
+            subprocess_run_silent(['tar'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+            self.tar = True
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            self.tar = False
         try:
             subprocess_run_silent(['7z'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
             self.sevenzip = True
         except FileNotFoundError:
             self.sevenzip = False
-            self.addMessage('<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc#7-zip">Install 7z (link)</a>'
-                            ' to enable CBZ/CBR/ZIP/etc processing.', 'warning')
+            if not self.tar:
+                self.addMessage('<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc#7-zip">Install 7z (link)</a>'
+                                ' to enable CBZ/CBR/ZIP/etc processing.', 'warning')
         self.detectKindleGen(True)
 
         APP.messageFromOtherInstance.connect(self.handleMessage)
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
index 8531b9b..182fb2d 100755
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ def getWorkFolder(afile):
             try:
                 cbx = comicarchive.ComicArchive(afile)
                 path = cbx.extract(workdir)
+                tdir = os.listdir(workdir)
+                if 'ComicInfo.xml' in tdir:
+                    tdir.remove('ComicInfo.xml')        
             except OSError as e:
                 rmtree(workdir, True)
                 raise UserWarning(e)
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
index a256973..23cfac4 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import platform
 import subprocess
 import distro
 from shutil import move
-from subprocess import STDOUT, PIPE
+from subprocess import STDOUT, PIPE, CalledProcessError
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
 from .shared import subprocess_run_silent
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ class ComicArchive:
         self.type = None
         if not os.path.isfile(self.filepath):
             raise OSError('File not found.')
-        process = subprocess_run_silent(['7z', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+        try:
+            process = subprocess_run_silent(['7z', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return
         for line in process.stdout.splitlines():
             if b'Type =' in line:
                 self.type = line.rstrip().decode().split(' = ')[1].upper()
@@ -54,6 +57,12 @@ class ComicArchive:
     def extract(self, targetdir):
         if not os.path.isdir(targetdir):
             raise OSError('Target directory doesn\'t exist.')
+        try:
+            process = subprocess_run_silent(['tar', '-xf', self.filepath, '-C', targetdir], 
+                                            stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, check=True)
+            return targetdir
+        except (FileNotFoundError, CalledProcessError):
+            pass
         process = subprocess_run_silent(['7z', 'x', '-y', '-xr!__MACOSX', '-xr!.DS_Store', '-xr!thumbs.db', '-xr!Thumbs.db', '-o' + targetdir, self.filepath],
                                  stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         if process.returncode != 0 and distro.id() == 'fedora':
@@ -66,9 +75,6 @@ class ComicArchive:
                 stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         elif process.returncode != 0:
             raise OSError(EXTRACTION_ERROR)
-        tdir = os.listdir(targetdir)
-        if 'ComicInfo.xml' in tdir:
-            tdir.remove('ComicInfo.xml')
         return targetdir
 
     def addFile(self, sourcefile):