diff --git a/src/archive.v b/src/archive.v
index ee72e3a..7ded6a1 100644
--- a/src/archive.v
+++ b/src/archive.v
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ fn C.archive_write_open_filename(&C.archive, &char)
 // Write an entry to the archive file
 fn C.archive_write_header(&C.archive, &C.archive_entry)
 
+// Write the data in the buffer to the archive
+fn C.archive_write_data(&C.archive, voidptr, int)
+
+// Close an archive for writing
+fn C.archive_write_close(&C.archive)
+
+// Free the write archive
+fn C.archive_write_free(&C.archive)
+
 #include "archive_entry.h"
 
 struct C.archive_entry {}
@@ -79,6 +88,12 @@ fn C.archive_entry_set_filetype(&C.archive_entry, u32)
 // Sets the file permissions for an entry
 fn C.archive_entry_set_perm(&C.archive_entry, int)
 
+// Clears out an entry struct
+fn C.archive_entry_clear(&C.archive_entry)
+
+// Copy over a stat struct to the archive entry
+fn C.archive_entry_copy_stat(&C.archive_entry, &C.stat)
+
 #include <string.h>
 
 // Compare two C strings; 0 means they're equal
diff --git a/src/repo.v b/src/repo.v
index 389ebce..ff84909 100644
--- a/src/repo.v
+++ b/src/repo.v
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn (r &Repo) add_from_path(pkg_path string) ?bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return true
+	return added
 }
 
 // add adds a given Pkg to the repository
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ fn (r &Repo) add(pkg &package.Pkg) ?bool {
 
 		return error('Failed to write files file.')
 	}
-	// TODO generate database archive
+
+	r.sync() ?
 
 	return true
 }
@@ -92,3 +93,50 @@ fn (r &Repo) add(pkg &package.Pkg) ?bool {
 fn (r &Repo) pkg_path(pkg &package.Pkg) string {
 	return os.join_path(r.repo_dir, '$pkg.info.name-$pkg.info.version')
 }
+
+// Re-generate the repo archive files
+fn (r &Repo) sync() ? {
+	a := C.archive_write_new()
+	entry := C.archive_entry_new()
+	st := C.stat{}
+	buf := [8192]byte{}
+
+	// This makes the archive a gzip-compressed tarball
+	C.archive_write_add_filter_gzip(a)
+	C.archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(a)
+
+	repo_path := os.join_path_single(r.repo_dir, 'repo.db')
+
+	C.archive_write_open_filename(a, &char(repo_path.str))
+
+	// Iterate over each directory
+	for d in os.ls(r.repo_dir) ?.filter(os.is_dir(os.join_path_single(r.repo_dir, it))) {
+		inner_path := os.join_path_single(d, 'desc')
+		actual_path := os.join_path_single(r.repo_dir, inner_path)
+
+		unsafe {
+			C.stat(&char(actual_path.str), &st)
+		}
+
+		C.archive_entry_set_pathname(entry, &char(inner_path.str))
+		// C.archive_entry_copy_stat(entry, &st)
+		C.archive_entry_set_size(entry, st.st_size)
+		C.archive_entry_set_filetype(entry, C.AE_IFREG)
+		C.archive_entry_set_perm(entry, 0o644)
+		C.archive_write_header(a, entry)
+
+		fd := C.open(&char(actual_path.str), C.O_RDONLY)
+		mut len := C.read(fd, &buf, sizeof(buf))
+
+		for len > 0 {
+			C.archive_write_data(a, &buf, len)
+			len = C.read(fd, &buf, sizeof(buf))
+		}
+		C.close(fd)
+
+		C.archive_entry_clear(entry)
+	}
+
+	C.archive_write_close(a)
+	C.archive_write_free(a)
+}