diff --git a/Start_RQC.sh b/Start_RQC.sh
index 8bd509268b3c60c86194f6cbedf38f757ea767f4..32d3fa6aa29af0e42d9696c05de51b67d3e50ee7 100755
--- a/Start_RQC.sh
+++ b/Start_RQC.sh
@@ -451,6 +451,14 @@ End time _______________ ${time_stamp_end}
 Processing time ________ ${minutes} minutes and ${seconds} seconds elapsed
 " > ${workdir}/results/10_Reports/settings.log
 
+# Gzip reports directory
+cd ${workdir}/results/
+tar -zcf 10_Reports_archive.tar.gz 10_Reports
+
+# Gzip results directory
+cd ${workdir}/
+tar -zcf Results_${time_stamp_archive}_${reference}_${aligner}-${min_cov}X_${samples}sp_archive.tar.gz results
+
 echo -e "
 ${green}------------------------------------------------------------------------${nc}
 "