diff --git a/app/src/gambas3/.src/Project/CProjectTree.class b/app/src/gambas3/.src/Project/CProjectTree.class
index f76ed3a58..7476dc921 100644
--- a/app/src/gambas3/.src/Project/CProjectTree.class
+++ b/app/src/gambas3/.src/Project/CProjectTree.class
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ Private Sub AddFile(sDir As String, sFile As String, Optional bAfter As Boolean,
         
       Else
         
-        bCompressed = Project.ShouldCompress(sDir &/ sFile)
+        If $bCurrentProject Then
+          bCompressed = Project.ShouldCompress(sDir &/ sFile)
+        Endif
 
       Endif