diff --git a/internal/pkg/tar.go b/internal/pkg/tar.go
index 77e4ee2..39f5501 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/tar.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/tar.go
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ func (a *tarArtifact) Cure(t *TContext) (err error) {
 			err = closeErr
 		}
 	}(tr)
-	tr = io.NopCloser(tr)
+	br := t.cache.getReader(tr)
+	defer t.cache.putReader(br)
+	tr = io.NopCloser(br)
 
 	switch a.compression {
 	case TarUncompressed: