diff --git a/src/hz.erl b/src/hz.erl
index bc49137..c76f82c 100644
--- a/src/hz.erl
+++ b/src/hz.erl
@@ -793,20 +793,43 @@ contract_code(ID) ->
     end.
 
 
--spec contract_source(ID) -> {ok, Bytecode} | {error, Reason}
+-spec contract_source(ID) -> Result
+-spec contract_source(ID) -> {ok, Source} | {binary, Binary} | {error, Reason}
     when ID       :: contract_id(),
-         Bytecode :: contract_byte_array(),
+         Result   :: {ok,      Source  :: unicode:unicode_binary()}
+                   | {archive, Archive :: list()}
+                   | {binary,  Binary  :: binary()}
+                   | {error,   Reason},
          Reason   :: chain_error() | string().
 %% @doc
 %% Retrieve the code of a contract as represented on chain.
 
 contract_source(ID) ->
     case request(["/v3/contracts/", ID, "/source"]) of
-        {ok, #{"source" := Source}} -> {ok, Source};
+        {ok, #{"source" := Source}} -> maybe_gunzip(Source);
         {ok, #{"reason" := Reason}} -> {error, Reason};
         Error                       -> Error
     end.
 
+% NOTE:
+%   What we eventually want is a way to package entire projects as archives and have a new
+%   return like {archive, Binary} or maybe {archive, Structure}.
+maybe_gunzip(Binary = <<16#1F, 16#8B, _/binary>>) ->
+    try
+        Uncompressed = zlib:gunzip(Binary),
+        case io_lib:printable_unicode_list(unicode:characters_to_list(Uncompressed)) of
+            true  -> {ok, Uncompressed};
+            false -> {binary, Uncompressed}
+        end
+    catch
+        _:_ -> {binary, Source}
+    end;
+maybe_gunzip(Source) ->
+    case io_lib:printable_unicode_list(unicode:characters_to_list(Source)) of
+        true  -> {ok, Source};
+        false -> {binary, Source}
+    end.
+
 
 -spec contract_poi(ID) -> {ok, Bytecode} | {error, Reason}
     when ID       :: contract_id(),
@@ -1156,7 +1179,16 @@ assemble_calldata(CreatorID, Nonce, Amount, TTL, Gas, GasPrice, Compiled, CallDa
 
 assemble_calldata2(OwnerID, Nonce, Amount, TTL, Gas, GasPrice, Compiled, CallData) ->
     Code = gmser_contract_code:serialize(Compiled),
-    Source = unicode:characters_to_binary(maps:get(contract_source, Compiled, <<>>)),
+    Binary =
+        case maps:get(project, Compiled, false) of
+            false ->
+                case unicode:characters_to_binary(maps:get(contract_source, Compiled, <<>>)) of
+                    <<>>   -> <<>>;
+                    Source -> zlib:gzip(Source)
+                end;
+            Project ->
+                archive(Project)
+        end,
     VM = 1,
     ABI = 1,
     <<CTVersion:32>> = <<VM:16, ABI:16>>,
@@ -1166,7 +1198,7 @@ assemble_calldata2(OwnerID, Nonce, Amount, TTL, Gas, GasPrice, Compiled, CallDat
         [{owner_id,   gmser_id:create(account, OwnerID)},
          {nonce,      Nonce},
          {code,       Code},
-         {source,     Source},
+         {source,     Binary},
          {ct_version, CTVersion},
          {ttl,        TTL},
          {deposit,    0},
@@ -1193,6 +1225,12 @@ assemble_calldata2(OwnerID, Nonce, Amount, TTL, Gas, GasPrice, Compiled, CallDat
         error:Reason -> {error, Reason}
     end.
 
+archive(Project) ->
+    TempFile = temp_file(),
+    ok = erl_tar:create(TempFile, Project, [compressed, dereference]),
+    {ok, Bytes} = file:read_file(TempFile),
+    Bytes.
+
 
 -spec read_aci(Path) -> Result
     when Path   :: file:filename(),