diff --git a/convert-fastas.sh b/convert-fastas.sh
index 2cea868..bce1b66 100755
--- a/convert-fastas.sh
+++ b/convert-fastas.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FASTANAME=$(basename -s .fastas.tar "$FASTAFILE")
 mkdir "$FASTANAME"
 
 # Untar the tarball
-tar -xf "$FASTAFILE" -C "$FASTANAME"
+tar -xf "$FASTAFILE" -C "$FASTANAME" --force-local
 
 # Smash all of the FASTAs together into a single file
 cat "$FASTANAME"/*.fasta > "$FASTANAME"/"$FASTANAME".fasta