diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchive.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchive.cs
index cec2f640..ea46e8d0 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchive.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/GZip/GZipArchive.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class GZipArchive : AbstractWritableArchive<GZipArchiveEntry, GZipVolume>
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="sourceStream"></param>
     private GZipArchive(SourceStream sourceStream)
-        : base(ArchiveType.Tar, sourceStream) { }
+        : base(ArchiveType.GZip, sourceStream) { }
 
     protected override IEnumerable<GZipVolume> LoadVolumes(SourceStream sourceStream)
     {