diff --git a/src/Box.php b/src/Box.php
index 27e849c8f..a2dc63230 100644
--- a/src/Box.php
+++ b/src/Box.php
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
  */
 final class Box implements Countable
 {
-    public const DEBUG_DIR = '.box_dump';
-
     /**
      * @var string The path to the PHAR file
      */
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/Compile.php b/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
index dcd14bffc..250a0c96b 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ private function createPhar(
 
         $this->checkComposerFiles($box, $config, $logger);
 
-        $this->configureCompressionAlgorithm($config, $box, $input->getOption(self::DEV_OPTION), $io, $logger);
-
         if ($debug) {
             $box->getPhar()->extractTo(self::DEBUG_DIR, null, true);
         }
 
+        $this->configureCompressionAlgorithm($config, $box, $input->getOption(self::DEV_OPTION), $io, $logger);
+
         $this->signPhar($config, $box, $config->getTmpOutputPath(), $input, $output, $logger);
 
         if ($config->getTmpOutputPath() !== $config->getOutputPath()) {
@@ -649,25 +649,27 @@ private static function bumpOpenFileDescriptorLimit(Box $box, SymfonyStyle $io):
         $softLimit = posix_getrlimit()['soft openfiles'];
         $hardLimit = posix_getrlimit()['hard openfiles'];
 
-        if ($softLimit < $filesCount) {
-            $io->writeln(
-                sprintf(
-                    '<info>[debug] Increased the maximum number of open file descriptors from ("%s", "%s") to ("%s", "%s")'
-                    .'</info>',
-                    $softLimit,
-                    $hardLimit,
-                    $filesCount,
-                    'unlimited'
-                ),
-                OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG
-            );
+        if ($softLimit >= $filesCount) {
+            return function (): void {};
+        }
 
-            posix_setrlimit(
-                POSIX_RLIMIT_NOFILE,
+        $io->writeln(
+            sprintf(
+                '<info>[debug] Increased the maximum number of open file descriptors from ("%s", "%s") to ("%s", "%s")'
+                .'</info>',
+                $softLimit,
+                $hardLimit,
                 $filesCount,
-                'unlimited' === $hardLimit ? POSIX_RLIMIT_INFINITY : $hardLimit
-            );
-        }
+                'unlimited'
+            ),
+            OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG
+        );
+
+        posix_setrlimit(
+            POSIX_RLIMIT_NOFILE,
+            $filesCount,
+            'unlimited' === $hardLimit ? POSIX_RLIMIT_INFINITY : $hardLimit
+        );
 
         return function () use ($io, $softLimit, $hardLimit): void {
             if (function_exists('posix_setrlimit') && isset($softLimit, $hardLimit)) {
diff --git a/tests/Console/Command/CompileTest.php b/tests/Console/Command/CompileTest.php
index 440f50bcd..a5807f87c 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Command/CompileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Command/CompileTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 use function extension_loaded;
 use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
+use function Humbug\get_contents;
 use function iterator_to_array;
 use function KevinGH\Box\FileSystem\dump_file;
 use function KevinGH\Box\FileSystem\file_contents;
@@ -974,6 +975,9 @@ public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_very_verbose_mode(): void
         $this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @requires extension zlib
+     */
     public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_debug_mode(): void
     {
         mirror(self::FIXTURES_DIR.'/dir000', $this->tmp);
@@ -1005,6 +1009,7 @@ public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_debug_mode(): void
                     'metadata' => ['rand' => $rand = random_int(0, mt_getrandmax())],
                     'output' => 'test.phar',
                     'shebang' => $shebang,
+                    'compression' => 'GZ',
                 ]
             )
         );
@@ -1077,7 +1082,8 @@ public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_debug_mode(): void
 )
 ? Dumping the Composer autoloader
 ? Removing the Composer dump artefacts
-? No compression
+? Compressing with the algorithm "GZ"
+    > Warning: the extension "zlib" will now be required to execute the PHAR
 ? Signing using a private key
 Private key passphrase:
 ? Setting file permissions to 0754
@@ -1360,7 +1366,7 @@ public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_debug_mode(): void
       ]
     }
   ]
-  -compressionAlgorithm: null
+  -compressionAlgorithm: 4096
   -mainScriptPath: "/path/to/run.php"
   -mainScriptContents: """
     <?php\\n
@@ -1462,6 +1468,29 @@ public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_debug_mode(): void
         );
 
         $this->assertSame($expectedDumpedConfig, $actualDumpedConfig);
+
+        // Checks one of the dumped file from the PHAR to ensure the encoding of the extracted file is correct
+        $this->assertSame(
+            get_contents('.box_dump/run.php'),
+            <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+require 'test.php';
+
+PHP
+        );
     }
 
     public function test_it_can_build_a_PHAR_file_in_quiet_mode(): void