diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb979e3..3f3ac99 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "crossterm",
  "eyre",
+ "flate2",
  "indicatif",
  "rayon",
  "rust-lzma",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49a134f..54ebeba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ clap = "2.33.3"
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 eyre = "0.6.8"
+flate2 = "1.0.27"
 indicatif = "0.17.6"
 rayon = "1.7.0"
 rust-lzma = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/src/extractors.rs b/src/extractors.rs
index ab03410..9916435 100644
--- a/src/extractors.rs
+++ b/src/extractors.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /*
 TODO_2: implement remaining extractor functions and write tests
 */
-use std::{fs::{self, File}, io, path::Path,};
+use std::{fs::{self, File}, io::{self, ErrorKind}, path::Path,};
 use unrar::Archive;
 use lzma::reader::LzmaReader;
+use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 pub fn extract_zip(zip_file: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     let file = fs::File::open(zip_file)?;
     let mut archive = zip::ZipArchive::new(file)?;
@@ -116,24 +117,42 @@ pub fn extract_xz(input_path: &Path, output_directory: &Path) -> Result<(), io::
 
     Ok(())
 }
-    pub fn extract_bz2(){}
-    pub fn extract_tbz2(){}
-    pub fn extract_tgz(){}
-    pub fn extract_txz(){}
-    pub fn extract_lzma(){}
-    pub fn extract_gz(){}
-    pub fn extract_z(){}
-    pub fn extract_7z(){}
-    pub fn extract_arj(){}
-    pub fn extract_cab(){}
-    pub fn extract_chm(){}
-    pub fn extract_deb(){}
-    pub fn extract_dmg(){}
-    pub fn extract_iso(){}
-    pub fn extract_lzh(){}
-    pub fn extract_msi(){}
-    pub fn extract_rpm(){}
-    pub fn extract_udf(){}
-    pub fn extract_wim(){}
-    pub fn extract_xar(){}
-    pub fn extract_exe(){}
+pub fn extract_gz(input_path: &Path, output_directory: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    // Open the input GZ file
+    let input_file = File::open(input_path)?;
+
+    // Create a GZ decompression reader
+    let mut decompressor = GzDecoder::new(input_file);
+
+    // Determine the output file path
+    let output_file_path = output_directory.join(input_path.file_stem().unwrap());
+
+    // Create the output file
+    let mut output_file = File::create(&output_file_path)?;
+
+    // Read from the decompressor and write to the output file
+    match io::copy(&mut decompressor, &mut output_file) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, err.to_string())),
+    }
+}
+    // pub fn extract_bz2(){}
+    // pub fn extract_tbz2(){}
+    // pub fn extract_tgz(){}
+    // pub fn extract_txz(){}
+    // pub fn extract_lzma(){}
+    // pub fn extract_z(){}
+    // pub fn extract_7z(){}
+    // pub fn extract_arj(){}
+    // pub fn extract_cab(){}
+    // pub fn extract_chm(){}
+    // pub fn extract_deb(){}
+    // pub fn extract_dmg(){}
+    // pub fn extract_iso(){}
+    // pub fn extract_lzh(){}
+    // pub fn extract_msi(){}
+    // pub fn extract_rpm(){}
+    // pub fn extract_udf(){}
+    // pub fn extract_wim(){}
+    // pub fn extract_xar(){}
+    // pub fn extract_exe(){}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a183f3a..66ef317 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use extractors::{
     // extract_tgz,
     // extract_txz,
     // extract_lzma,
-    // extract_gz,
+    extract_gz,
     // extract_z,
     // extract_7z,
     // extract_arj,
@@ -81,13 +81,14 @@ fn run() -> i32 {
                     return 1;
                 }
             }
-            /*
             "gz" => {
-                if let Err(err) = extract_gz(&fname) {
+                let output_directory = Path::new("output_directory"); // Change this to your desired output directory
+                if let Err(err) = extract_gz(&fname, &output_directory) {
                     println!("Error extracting GZ: {}", err);
                     return 1;
                 }
             }
+            /*
             "bz2" => {
                 if let Err(err) = extract_bz2(&fname) {
                     println!("Error extracting BZ2: {}", err);