diff --git a/src/routes/packages.js b/src/routes/packages.js
index 0f7b11c..618d30d 100644
--- a/src/routes/packages.js
+++ b/src/routes/packages.js
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ export async function getPackagePackument (c) {
   return c.json(ret, 200)
 }
 
+async function mergeTags(db, pkg, tags) {
+    const selectQuery = `SELECT name, tags FROM packages WHERE name="${pkg}"`
+    const rows = await db.prepare(selectQuery).run()
+    if (rows.results.length) {
+      tags = { ...JSON.parse(rows.results[0].tags), ...tags }
+    }
+    const insertQueryFn = (tags) => {
+        const strTags = `json('${JSON.stringify(tags)}')`
+	return `INSERT INTO packages (name, tags) VALUES ("${pkg}", ${strTags})
+                  ON CONFLICT(name) DO UPDATE SET tags=${strTags}`
+    }
+    await db.prepare(insertQueryFn(tags)).run()
+}
+
 export async function publishPackage (c) {
   const { pkg } = packageSpec(c)
   const body = await c.req.json()
@@ -135,8 +149,7 @@ export async function publishPackage (c) {
   const new_versions = Object.keys(body.versions).filter(v => !versions.includes(v))
 
   if (!results || results.length === 0) {
-    const insertQuery = `INSERT INTO packages (name, tags) VALUES ("${pkg}", json('{"latest": "${new_versions[0]}"}'))`
-    await c.env.DB.prepare(insertQuery).run()
+    await mergeTags(c.env.DB, pkg, { latest: new_versions[0] })
   }
 
   // check for conflicts in publishing vs. existing
diff --git a/src/utils/packages.js b/src/utils/packages.js
index 9fb2ef9..895bdb7 100644
--- a/src/utils/packages.js
+++ b/src/utils/packages.js
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ import getNpmTarballUrl from 'get-npm-tarball-url'
 import semver from 'semver'
 
 export async function extractPackageJSON (buffer) {
+  console.log(`ext-1`, buffer);
   const blob = new Blob([Buffer.from(buffer)])
+  console.log(`ext-2`);
   const stream = blob.stream().pipeThrough(new DecompressionStream('gzip'))
+  console.log(`ext-3`);
   for await (const obj of extract(stream)) {
+    console.log(`ext-3.1`, obj.header.name);
     if (obj.header.name === 'package/package.json') {
       return JSON.parse(await obj.text())
     }