diff --git a/archive/archive.go b/archive/archive.go
index c72849097..1eda6c2de 100644
--- a/archive/archive.go
+++ b/archive/archive.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ func DetectCompression(source []byte) Compression {
 		Gzip:  {0x1F, 0x8B, 0x08},
 		Xz:    {0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A, 0x00},
 	} {
+		if len(source) < len(m) {
+			utils.Debugf("Len too short")
+			continue
+		}
 		if bytes.Compare(m, source[:len(m)]) == 0 {
 			return compression
 		}