diff --git a/.idea/bld.xml b/.idea/bld.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6600cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/bld.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..919ce1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <code_scheme name="Project" version="173">
+    <ScalaCodeStyleSettings>
+      <option name="MULTILINE_STRING_CLOSING_QUOTES_ON_NEW_LINE" value="true" />
+    </ScalaCodeStyleSettings>
+  </code_scheme>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55e7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <state>
+    <option name="PREFERRED_PROJECT_CODE_STYLE" value="Default" />
+  </state>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index f07cc1c..867d049 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.1.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.0-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.1-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/compile.xml b/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
index 9bd86aa..143dc93 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
   <library name="compile">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
     </SOURCES>
     <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
     <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="false" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml b/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
index 81feb0b..2ae5c4b 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <library name="runtime">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/resources" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/test.xml b/.idea/libraries/test.xml
index 13b6513..68ef884 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/test.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/test.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
   <library name="test">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
     </SOURCES>
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="false" />
     <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
     <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 542659b..8678395 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5dd7145..904ca0b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}bld-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.1.jar",
         "lib/compile/*.jar",
         "lib/runtime/*.jar",
         "lib/test/*.jar"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90406e2..943cde8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/2.0.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![Release](https://flat.badgen.net/maven/v/metadata-url/https:/repo.rife2.com/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-archive/maven-metadata.xml)](https://repo.rife2.com/#/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-archive)
 [![GitHub CI](https://github.com/rife2/bld-archive/actions/workflows/bld.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rife2/bld-archive/actions/workflows/bld.yml)
 
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index ccfc9fc..161546a 100644
Binary files a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index c64b50a..1fc0978 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
 bld.extensions=
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
-bld.version=1.7.0
+bld.version=2.0.1
diff --git a/local.properties b/local.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9361d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bld.repo.github=https://maven.pkg.github.com/rife2/bld-archive
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ArchiveBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ArchiveBuild.java
index 525a7dd..5b88a50 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ArchiveBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ArchiveBuild.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class ArchiveBuild extends Project {
     public ArchiveBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "Archive";
-        version = version(0,4,0);
+        version = version(0,5,0);
         archiveBaseName = "bld-archive";
 
         javaRelease = 17;
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ public class ArchiveBuild extends Project {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
         scope(compile)
-            .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(1,7,0)))
-            .include(dependency("org.apache.commons", "commons-compress", version(1,23,0)));
+            .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2,0,1)))
+            .include(dependency("org.apache.commons", "commons-compress", version(1,27,1)));
         scope(test)
-            .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5,9,3)))
-            .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1,9,3)));
+            .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5,11,0)))
+            .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1,11,0)));
 
         javadocOperation()
             .javadocOptions()
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class ArchiveBuild extends Project {
 
         publishOperation()
             .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository("rife2-snapshots") : repository("rife2-releases"))
+            .repository(repository("github"))
             .info()
                 .groupId("com.uwyn.rife2")
                 .artifactId("bld-archive")
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ZipOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ZipOperation.java
index b06d79a..5578d10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ZipOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/ZipOperation.java
@@ -7,15 +7,20 @@ package rife.bld.extension;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.UnixStat;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveEntry;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import rife.bld.NamedFile;
 import rife.bld.operations.AbstractOperation;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 import rife.tools.StringUtils;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
@@ -135,10 +140,49 @@ public class ZipOperation extends AbstractOperation<ZipOperation> {
      *
      * @param directories source directories
      * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectories(List)
      * @since 1.0
      */
     public ZipOperation sourceDirectories(File... directories) {
-        sourceDirectories_.addAll(List.of(directories));
+        return sourceDirectories(List.of(directories));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides source directories that will be used for the zip archive creation.
+     *
+     * @param directories source directories
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectoriesPaths(List)
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation sourceDirectories(Path... directories) {
+        return sourceDirectoriesPaths(List.of(directories));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides source directories that will be used for the zip archive creation.
+     *
+     * @param directories source directories
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectoriesStrings(List)
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation sourceDirectories(String... directories) {
+        return sourceDirectoriesStrings(List.of(directories));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a list of source directories that will be used for the zip archive creation.
+     * <p>
+     * A copy will be created to allow this list to be independently modifiable.
+     *
+     * @param directories a list of source directories
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectories(File...)
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation sourceDirectories(List<File> directories) {
+        sourceDirectories_.addAll(directories);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -149,11 +193,25 @@ public class ZipOperation extends AbstractOperation<ZipOperation> {
      *
      * @param directories a list of source directories
      * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectories(Path...)
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    public ZipOperation sourceDirectories(List<File> directories) {
-        sourceDirectories_.addAll(directories);
-        return this;
+    public ZipOperation sourceDirectoriesPaths(List<Path> directories) {
+        return sourceDirectories(directories.stream().map(Path::toFile).toList());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a list of source directories that will be used for the zip archive creation.
+     * <p>
+     * A copy will be created to allow this list to be independently modifiable.
+     *
+     * @param directories a list of source directories
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @see #sourceDirectories(String...)
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation sourceDirectoriesStrings(List<String> directories) {
+        return sourceDirectories(directories.stream().map(File::new).toList());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -194,6 +252,28 @@ public class ZipOperation extends AbstractOperation<ZipOperation> {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Provides the destination directory in which the zip archive will be created.
+     *
+     * @param directory the zip destination directory
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation destinationDirectory(Path directory) {
+        return destinationDirectory(directory.toFile());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides the destination directory in which the zip archive will be created.
+     *
+     * @param directory the zip destination directory
+     * @return this operation instance
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    public ZipOperation destinationDirectory(String directory) {
+        return destinationDirectory(new File(directory));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Provides the destination file name that will be used for the zip archive creation.
      *