diff --git a/internal/assets/asset.go b/internal/assets/asset.go
index ebbda51..ec20c3d 100644
--- a/internal/assets/asset.go
+++ b/internal/assets/asset.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/sha512"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"hash/crc32"
 	"io"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 type Asset struct {
 	name         string
 	path         string
+	zippedPath   string
 	algorithm    string
 	isCompressed bool
 }
@@ -63,8 +65,12 @@ func NewAsset(repository string, assetConfig config.Asset, algorithm string) (*A
 }
 
 func (a *Asset) getChecksum() (string, error) {
-	log.Debugf("Calculating checksum for %s", a.path)
-	file, err := os.Open(a.path)
+	path, err := a.GetPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	log.Debugf("Calculating checksum for %s", path)
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "Failed to open file %s to calculate checksum", a.name)
 	}
@@ -98,13 +104,16 @@ func (a *Asset) getChecksum() (string, error) {
 // GetPath where the file is located, if zipped true, it will compress it and give you the new location
 func (a *Asset) GetPath() (string, error) {
 	if a.isCompressed {
-		return a.zipFile()
+		return a.ZipFile()
 	}
 	return a.path, nil
 }
 
 // GetName of asset
 func (a *Asset) GetName() string {
+	if a.isCompressed {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s.zip", a.name)
+	}
 	return a.name
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +123,11 @@ func (a *Asset) IsCompressed() bool {
 }
 
 // ZipFile compress given file in zip format
-func (a *Asset) zipFile() (string, error) {
+func (a *Asset) ZipFile() (string, error) {
+
+	if a.zippedPath != "" {
+		return a.zippedPath, nil
+	}
 
 	path := a.path
 	fileToZip, err := os.Open(path)
@@ -156,5 +169,6 @@ func (a *Asset) zipFile() (string, error) {
 	if err := zipFile.Close(); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "Could not close file")
 	}
-	return filepath.Abs(fileToZipInfo.Name())
+	a.zippedPath, err = filepath.Abs(zipFile.Name())
+	return a.zippedPath, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/assets/assets.go b/internal/assets/assets.go
index 1910ea8..9a30586 100644
--- a/internal/assets/assets.go
+++ b/internal/assets/assets.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // Set struct
 type Set struct {
-	Assets     []*Asset
+	assets     []*Asset
 	repository string
 	algorithm  string
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type Set struct {
 //New container for assets
 func New(repository, algorithm string) *Set {
 	return &Set{
-		Assets:     []*Asset{},
+		assets:     []*Asset{},
 		repository: repository,
 		algorithm:  algorithm,
 	}
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ func (s *Set) Add(assetConfigs ...config.Asset) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		s.Assets = append(s.Assets, asset)
+		s.assets = append(s.assets, asset)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *Set) All() []*Asset {
-	return s.Assets
+	return s.assets
 }
 
 func (s *Set) GenerateChecksum() error {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *Set) GenerateChecksum() error {
 	}
 	defer checksumFile.Close()
 	lines := []string{}
-	for _, asset := range s.Assets {
+	for _, asset := range s.assets {
 		checksum, err := asset.getChecksum()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *Set) GenerateChecksum() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.Assets = append(s.Assets, &Asset{
+	s.assets = append(s.assets, &Asset{
 		path:         filePath,
 		name:         "checksum.txt",
 		isCompressed: false,
diff --git a/internal/releaser/github/github.go b/internal/releaser/github/github.go
index 149bfb8..c1828cb 100644
--- a/internal/releaser/github/github.go
+++ b/internal/releaser/github/github.go
@@ -128,15 +128,14 @@ func (g *Client) uploadAssets(assets *assets.Set) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			fileInfo, _ := file.Stat()
 
-			_, resp, err := g.client.Repositories.UploadReleaseAsset(g.context, g.config.User, g.config.Repo, g.release.GetID(), &github.UploadOptions{Name: fileInfo.Name()}, file)
+			_, resp, err := g.client.Repositories.UploadReleaseAsset(g.context, g.config.User, g.config.Repo, g.release.GetID(), &github.UploadOptions{Name: asset.GetName()}, file)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
 			if resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not upload asset %s: %s", file.Name(), resp.Status)
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not upload asset %s: %s", asset.GetName(), resp.Status)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/releaser/gitlab/gitlab.go b/internal/releaser/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 770174f..9186b7b 100644
--- a/internal/releaser/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/releaser/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ func (g *Client) uploadAssets(assets *assets.Set) error {
 		}
 		defer file.Close()
 
-		fileInfo, _ := file.Stat()
 
-		result, err := g.uploadFile(fileInfo.Name(), file)
+		result, err := g.uploadFile(asset.GetName(), file)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not upload asset %s: %s", file.Name(), err.Error())
 		}
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ func (g *Client) uploadAssets(assets *assets.Set) error {
 
 		g.log.Infof("Uploaded file %s to gitlab can be downloaded under %s", file.Name(), downloadURL)
 
-		uploadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/projects/%s/releases/%s/assets/links?name=%s&url=%s", g.apiURL, util.PathEscape(g.config.Repo), g.Release, util.PathEscape(fileInfo.Name()), downloadURL)
+		uploadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/projects/%s/releases/%s/assets/links?name=%s&url=%s", g.apiURL, util.PathEscape(g.config.Repo), g.Release, util.PathEscape(asset.GetName()), downloadURL)
 
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", uploadURL, nil)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
index 956b506..ce6f693 100644
--- a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
+++ b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/internal/analyzer"
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/internal/assets"
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/internal/cache"
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/internal/releaser"
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/internal/shared"
 	"github.com/Nightapes/go-semantic-release/pkg/config"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // SemanticRelease struct
@@ -228,16 +229,26 @@ func (s *SemanticRelease) Release(provider *ci.ProviderConfig, force bool) error
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := s.assets.GenerateChecksum(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	hook := hooks.New(s.config, releaseVersion)
 	if err := hook.PreRelease(); err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("Error during pre release hook")
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if s.config.Checksum.Algorithm != "" {
+		if err := s.assets.GenerateChecksum(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, asset := range s.assets.All() {
+		if asset.IsCompressed() {
+			if _, err := asset.ZipFile(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err = s.releaser.CreateRelease(releaseVersion, generatedChangelog, s.assets); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}