diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7f1caa2..84fa0d6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ project(':core') {
   }
 
   tasks.create(name: "releaseTarGz", dependsOn: configurations.archives.artifacts, type: Tar) { 
-    into "."
+    into "kafka_${baseScalaVersion}-${version}"
     compression = Compression.GZIP 
     from(project.file("../bin")) { into "bin/" }
     from(project.file("../config")) { into "config/" }