diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/Tar.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/Tar.py
index 5f698db2..4978276b 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/Tar.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/Tar.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Tar(Task):
     def __init__(self, manager, config, timer, base_dir, backup_dir, **kwargs):
         super(Tar, self).__init__(self.__class__.__name__, manager, config, timer, base_dir, backup_dir, **kwargs)
         self.compression_method = self.config.archive.tar.compression
-        self.binary             = "tar"
+        self.binary             = self.config.archive.tar.binary
 
         self._pool   = None
         self._pooled = []
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/TarThread.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/TarThread.py
index fc47f1e0..ff6d9f10 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/TarThread.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/TarThread.py
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ def run(self):
                     backup_base_name = os.path.basename(self.backup_dir)
 
                     log_msg   = "Archiving directory: %s" % self.backup_dir
-                    cmd_flags = ["-C", backup_base_dir, "-cf", self.output_file, "--remove-files", backup_base_name]
+                    cmd_flags = ["-C", backup_base_dir, "-c", "-f", self.output_file, "--remove-files"]
 
                     if self.do_gzip():
-                        log_msg   = "Archiving and compressing directory: %s" % self.backup_dir
-                        cmd_flags = ["-C", backup_base_dir, "-czf", self.output_file, "--remove-files", backup_base_name]
+                        log_msg = "Archiving and compressing directory: %s" % self.backup_dir
+                        cmd_flags.append("-z")
 
+                    cmd_flags.append(backup_base_name)
                     logging.info(log_msg)
                     self.running  = True
                     self._command = LocalCommand(self.binary, cmd_flags, self.verbose)
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/__init__.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/__init__.py
index 63e733f8..1c9bc69b 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/__init__.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Archive/Tar/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 
 def config(parser):
+    parser.add_argument("--archive.tar.binary", dest="archive.tar.binary", default='tar', type=str,
+                        help="Path to tar binary (default: tar)")
     parser.add_argument("--archive.tar.compression", dest="archive.tar.compression",
                         help="Tar archiver compression method (default: gzip)", default='gzip', choices=['gzip', 'none'])
     parser.add_argument("--archive.tar.threads", dest="archive.tar.threads",
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Upload/Rsync/Rsync.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Upload/Rsync/Rsync.py
index 6c7d1e0d..d0580caa 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Upload/Rsync/Rsync.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Upload/Rsync/Rsync.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def init(self):
     def rsync_info(self):
         if not self._rsync_info:
             output = check_output([self.rsync_binary, "--version"])
-            search = re.search("^rsync\s+version\s([0-9.-]+)\s+protocol\sversion\s(\d+)", output)
+            search = re.search(r"^rsync\s+version\s([0-9.-]+)\s+protocol\sversion\s(\d+)", output)
             self.rsync_version = search.group(1)
             self._rsync_info   = {"version": self.rsync_version, "protocol_version": int(search.group(2))}
         return self._rsync_info