diff --git a/pidgin-windev.sh b/pidgin-windev.sh
index b551544..aca6066 100644
--- a/pidgin-windev.sh
+++ b/pidgin-windev.sh
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ extract() {
         lzma)    tar --lzma -xf       "$compressed"  --directory "$directory" ;;
         bzip2)   tar -xjf             "$compressed"  --directory "$directory" "${files[@]}" ;;
         gzip)    tar -xzf             "$compressed"  --directory "$directory" ;;
+        xz)      tar -xJf             "$compressed"  --directory "$directory" ;;
         zip)     unzip -qo${files:+j} "$compressed" "${files[@]}" -d "$directory" ;;
-    esac || exit
+        *)       oops "Failed extracting $compressed";;
+    esac
 }
 
 install() {