diff --git a/gentoostrap.sh b/gentoostrap.sh
index f3da4b0..039fa54 100755
--- a/gentoostrap.sh
+++ b/gentoostrap.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ build-gentoo() {
 	log "Getting tarball from: $stage3"
 	curl -s "$stage3" -o "$stage3file"
 	log "Decompressing tarball; this will prompt for root privileges"
-	sudo tar xf "$stage3" -C "$_optdest"
+	sudo tar xf "$stage3file" -C "$_optdest"
 
 	# Now we do some pre-chroot configuration
 	pushd "$_optdest" > /dev/null 2>&1