diff --git a/ghjk.ts b/ghjk.ts
index 77657aea..f5224d0e 100644
--- a/ghjk.ts
+++ b/ghjk.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ import whiz from "./ports/whiz.ts";
 // });
 // protoc({});
 // earthly({});
-ruff({});
-// whiz({});
+// ruff({});
+whiz({});
diff --git a/ports/whiz.ts b/ports/whiz.ts
index d4f2bcfb..e9fdde8d 100644
--- a/ports/whiz.ts
+++ b/ports/whiz.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   $,
   addInstallGlobal,
+  depBinShimPath,
   DownloadArgs,
   downloadFile,
   GithubReleasePort,
@@ -11,14 +12,18 @@ import {
   std_fs,
   std_path,
   std_url,
-  unarchive,
 } from "../port.ts";
+import * as std_ports from "../modules/ports/std.ts";
 
 const manifest = {
   ty: "denoWorker" as const,
   name: "whiz@ghrel",
   version: "0.1.0",
   moduleSpecifier: import.meta.url,
+  deps: [
+    // we have to use tar because their tarballs for darwin use gnu sparse
+    std_ports.tar_aa,
+  ],
 };
 
 registerDenoPortGlobal(manifest, () => new Port());
@@ -48,8 +53,9 @@ export class Port extends GithubReleasePort {
       downloadUrl(args.installVersion, args.platform),
     );
     const fileDwnPath = std_path.resolve(args.downloadPath, fileName);
-
-    await unarchive(fileDwnPath, args.tmpDirPath);
+    await $`${
+      depBinShimPath(std_ports.tar_aa, "tar", args.depShims)
+    } xf ${fileDwnPath} --directory=${args.tmpDirPath}`;
 
     const installPath = $.path(args.installPath);
     if (await installPath.exists()) {