diff --git a/lib/debian.rb b/lib/debian.rb
index 128e5c1..c1e49ad 100644
--- a/lib/debian.rb
+++ b/lib/debian.rb
@@ -140,15 +140,17 @@ module Debian
     def load(debfile)
       info = ''
       ar = Debian::Ar.new(debfile)
-      ar.open('control.tar.gz') {|ctz|
-	Debian::Utils::gunzip(ctz) {|ct|
-	  Debian::Utils::tar(ct, Debian::Utils::TAR_EXTRACT, '*/control'){|fp|
-	    info = fp.readlines.join("")
+      reader = lambda { |ctz|
+        Debian::Utils::gunzip(ctz) { |ct|
+          Debian::Utils::tar(ct, Debian::Utils::TAR_EXTRACT, '*/control') { |fp|
+            info = fp.readlines.join("")
             fp.close
-	  }
+          }
           ct.close
-	}
+        }
       }
+      ar.open('control.tar.gz', &reader)
+      ar.open('control.tar.gz/', &reader) if info.empty?
       ar.close
       deb = Deb.new(info)
       deb.filename = File.expand_path(debfile, Dir.getwd)