diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 035ace6..3e0dd2f 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ runs:
          DEBUG: "${{ inputs.debug }}"
          PACKAGES: "${{ inputs.packages }}"
 
+    - id: upload-logs
+      if: ${{ inputs.debug == 'true' }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: cache-apt-pkgs-logs_${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}
+        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs/*.log
+
     - id: save-cache
       if: ${{ ! steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}
       uses: actions/cache/save@v3
@@ -94,10 +101,3 @@ runs:
       run: |
         rm -rf ~/cache-apt-pkgs
       shell: bash
-
-    - id: upload-logs
-      if: ${{ inputs.debug == 'true' }}
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: cache-apt-pkgs-logs_${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}
-        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs/*.log
diff --git a/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh b/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh
index f81dacd..a35971f 100755
--- a/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh
+++ b/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
       & get_install_script_filepath "" "${package_name}" "preinst" \
       & get_install_script_filepath "" "${package_name}" "postinst"; } |
       while IFS= read -r f; do test -f "${f}" -o -L "${f}" && get_tar_relpath "${f}"; done |
-      xargs -I {} echo \'{}\' | # Single quotes ensure literals like backslash get captured.
+      # Single quotes ensure literals like backslash get captured. Use \0 to avoid field separation.   
+      awk -F"\0" '{print "\x27"$1"\x27"}' |
       sudo xargs tar -cf "${cache_filepath}" -C /
 
     log "    done (compressed size $(du -h "${cache_filepath}" | cut -f1))."