diff --git a/CommonInstaller b/CommonInstaller
index 7ce6966..7002312 100644
--- a/CommonInstaller
+++ b/CommonInstaller
@@ -1314,9 +1314,12 @@ nanodroid_install_apk () {
 	echo "    installing app: ${app}"
 	echo "      from: ${source}"
 	echo "      into: ${dest} [${dest_apk}]"
-	cp "${source}" "${dest}/${dest_apk}" || \
+	cp "${source}.bz2" "${dest}/${dest_apk}.bz2" || \
 		error "failed to install ${source} to ${dest}"
 
+	bzip2 -d "${dest}/${dest_apk}.bz2" || \
+		error "failed to decompress ${dest}/${dest_apk}.bz2"
+
 	installinfo_add "${dest}/${dest_apk}"
 
 	nanodroid_install_lib "${dest}/${dest_apk}" "${2}"