# Failed to bootstrap fresh install: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format; but looks like a curl problem

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [Août 23, 2017, 2:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-fresh-install-gzip-stdin-not-in-gzip-format-but-looks-like-a-curl-problem/68620 "2017-08-23T14:25:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Post date:** [Août 23, 2017, 2:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-fresh-install-gzip-stdin-not-in-gzip-format-but-looks-like-a-curl-problem/68620/2 "2017-08-23T14:41:19Z")

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Exploring acme.sh log file reveals the following error:

```plaintext
Using config home:/shared/letsencrypt
Installing from online archive.
Downloading https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/archive/master.tar.gz
GET
url='https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/archive/master.tar.gz'
timeout
_CURL='curl -L --silent --dump-header /shared/letsencrypt/http.header '
ret='0'
Extracting master.tar.gz
Extraction error.
Upgrade failed!

```

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