diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers.js b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
index 497c3a80..97a6a091 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
@@ -2196,16 +2196,33 @@ window.unzipItem = async function(itemPath) {
             }, Math.max(0, window.copy_progress_hide_delay - (Date.now() - start_ts)));
         } else {
             const rootdir = await puter.fs.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath) + '/' + path.basename(filePath, '.zip'), { dedupeName: true });
-            Object.keys(unzipped).forEach(async (fileItem) => {
-                let dirLevel, fileName;
-                let fileData = new Blob([new Uint8Array(unzipped[fileItem], unzipped[fileItem].byteOffset, unzipped[fileItem].length)]);
-                if (fileItem.includes("/")) {
-                    [dirLevel, fileName] = [fileItem.slice(0, fileItem.lastIndexOf("/")), fileItem.slice(fileItem.lastIndexOf("/") + 1)]
-                    await puter.fs.mkdir(rootdir.path + '/' + dirLevel, { createMissingParents: true });
-                } else {
-                    fileName = fileItem;
-                }
-                fileName != "" && await puter.fs.write(rootdir.path + '/' + fileItem, fileData);
+            let queuedFileWrites = []
+            Object.keys(unzipped).forEach(fileItem => {
+                let fileWriteProcess = new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+                    try {
+                        let dirLevel, fileName;
+                        let fileData = new Blob([new Uint8Array(unzipped[fileItem], unzipped[fileItem].byteOffset, unzipped[fileItem].length)]);
+                        if (fileItem.includes("/")) {
+                            [dirLevel, fileName] = [fileItem.slice(0, fileItem.lastIndexOf("/")), fileItem.slice(fileItem.lastIndexOf("/") + 1)]
+                            // await puter.fs.mkdir(rootdir.path + '/' + dirLevel, { createMissingParents: true });
+                        } else {
+                            fileName = fileItem;
+                        }
+                        fileName != "" && await puter.fs.write(rootdir.path + '/' + fileItem, fileData);
+                        resolve();
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        UIAlert(e.message);
+                        reject();
+                    }
+                })
+                queuedFileWrites.push(fileWriteProcess);
+            });
+            Promise.all(queuedFileWrites).then(() => {
+                // close progress window
+                clearTimeout(progwin_timeout);
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    progwin?.close();
+                }, Math.max(0, window.unzip_progress_hide_delay - (Date.now() - start_ts)));
             });
         }
     });