diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Cache.java b/source/net/filebot/Cache.java
index bb82bdeb..6c9dc2ff 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Cache.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Cache.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
 import static net.filebot.CachedResource.*;
 import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ public class Cache {
 		return new CachedResource<T, byte[]>(key, resource, fetchIfModified(), getBytes(), byte[].class::cast, ONE_DAY, this);
 	}
 
+	public <T> CachedResource<T, byte[]> bytes(T key, Transform<T, URL> resource, Transform<InputStream, InputStream> decompressor) {
+		return new CachedResource<T, byte[]>(key, resource, fetchIfModified(), getBytes(decompressor), byte[].class::cast, ONE_DAY, this);
+	}
+
 	public <T> CachedResource<T, String> text(T key, Transform<T, URL> resource) {
 		return new CachedResource<T, String>(key, resource, fetchIfModified(), getText(UTF_8), String.class::cast, ONE_DAY, this);
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/CachedResource.java b/source/net/filebot/CachedResource.java
index 63a4c213..5f43762d 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/CachedResource.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/CachedResource.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
+import net.filebot.util.ByteBufferInputStream;
+import net.filebot.util.ByteBufferOutputStream;
 import net.filebot.util.JsonUtilities;
 import net.filebot.web.WebRequest;
 
@@ -138,6 +141,18 @@ public class CachedResource<K, R> implements Resource<R> {
 		};
 	}
 
+	public static Transform<ByteBuffer, byte[]> getBytes(Transform<InputStream, InputStream> decompressor) {
+		return (data) -> {
+			ByteBufferOutputStream buffer = new ByteBufferOutputStream(data.remaining());
+			try (InputStream in = decompressor.transform(new ByteBufferInputStream(data))) {
+				buffer.transferFully(in);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+			return buffer.getByteArray();
+		};
+	}
+
 	public static Transform<ByteBuffer, String> getText(Charset charset) {
 		return (data) -> charset.decode(data).toString();
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Settings.properties b/source/net/filebot/Settings.properties
index 5151ac44..9d7a757e 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Settings.properties
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Settings.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ update.url: https://app.filebot.net/update.xml
 donate.url: https://app.filebot.net/donate.php
 
 # base URL for resolving script resources
-github.stable: https://app.filebot.net/scripts/m1.jar
+github.stable: https://app.filebot.net/scripts/m1.jar.xz
 github.master: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebot/scripts/master/
 
 # native links
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptSource.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptSource.java
index 4f77a1a2..d48f0caf 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptSource.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptSource.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.time.Duration;
 
+import org.tukaani.xz.XZInputStream;
+
 import net.filebot.Cache;
 import net.filebot.CacheType;
 import net.filebot.Resource;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ public enum ScriptSource {
 		@Override
 		public ScriptProvider getScriptProvider(String input) throws Exception {
 			URI resource = new URI(getApplicationProperty("github.stable"));
-			Resource<byte[]> bundle = getCache().bytes(resource, URI::toURL).expire(Cache.ONE_WEEK);
+			Resource<byte[]> bundle = getCache().bytes(resource, URI::toURL, XZInputStream::new).expire(Cache.ONE_WEEK);
 
 			return new ScriptBundle(bundle, getClass().getResourceAsStream("repository.cer"));
 		}