diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
index a56d6d5..92454f7 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
         missing = []
 
         extraction_commands = [
-            ['tar', '-xf', self.filepath, '-C', targetdir],
+            ['tar', '--exclude="__MACOSX"', '--exclude=".DS_Store"', '--exclude="thumbs.db"', '--exclude="Thumbs.db"', '-xf', self.filepath, '-C', targetdir],
             ['7z', 'x', '-y', '-xr!__MACOSX', '-xr!.DS_Store', '-xr!thumbs.db', '-xr!Thumbs.db', '-o' + targetdir, self.filepath],
         ]