diff --git a/arkanium-build b/arkanium-build
index eb8b3b8..eb3b869 100755
--- a/arkanium-build
+++ b/arkanium-build
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ if [[ ! -n $1 || -n $2 ]]; then
 
 	Variants are loaded based on their directory names, the ones listed here
 	 are included by default.
+
+	Variables:
+	  ARKANIUM_NO_TAR			Do not create a compressed tarball, only create the images
+	  ARKANIUM_OVERWRITE_RANDOM		Define a custom image name
 	END
 	exit 0
 fi
@@ -170,8 +174,10 @@ if [[ $type == 'archlinux' ]]; then
 	btrfs send -f $output_target/$image_name/$image_name-etc.img $workdir/etc
 	btrfs send -f $output_target/$image_name/$image_name-var.img $workdir/var
 
-	printf "\e[1;34m-->\e[0m\e[1m Compressing images...\e[0m\n"
-	tar -cv -I 'zstd -12 -T0 ' -f $output_target/$image_name.tar.zst $output_target/$image_name
+	if [[ ! -v ARKANIUM_NO_TAR ]]; then
+		printf "\e[1;34m-->\e[0m\e[1m Compressing images...\e[0m\n"
+		tar -cv -I 'zstd -12 -T0 ' -f $output_target/$image_name.tar.zst $output_target/$image_name
+	fi
 
 	cleanup_and_quit