diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5d78ef..d41f28e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@divriots/jampack",
-  "version": "0.27.1",
+  "version": "0.28.1",
   "cache-version": {
     "img": "v1",
     "img-ext": "v1"
diff --git a/src/compress.ts b/src/compress.ts
index a0b8884..88e6174 100755
--- a/src/compress.ts
+++ b/src/compress.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export async function compressFolder(
     }
   }
 
-  if (!state.options.misc.sequential_compress) {
+  if (!state.args.sequential_compress) {
     // "Parallel" processing
     await Promise.all(paths.map(compressFile));
   } else {
diff --git a/src/config-default.ts b/src/config-default.ts
index b9ff248..8f2e253 100644
--- a/src/config-default.ts
+++ b/src/config-default.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ const default_options: Options = {
   },
   misc: {
     prefetch_links: 'off',
-    sequential_compress: false,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/config-types.ts b/src/config-types.ts
index c54ccbe..dc8fac0 100644
--- a/src/config-types.ts
+++ b/src/config-types.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,5 @@ export type Options = {
   };
   misc: {
     prefetch_links: 'in-viewport' | 'off';
-    sequential_compress: boolean;
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index dbf1ad7..ca2e9d7 100755
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ program
   .option('--onlyoptim', 'Only optimize (PASS 1).')
   .option('--onlycomp', 'Only compress (PASS 2).')
   .option('--cache_folder <cache_folder>', 'Default: .jampack/cache')
+  .option(
+    '--sequential_compress',
+    'Whether to perform folder compression sequentially. Reduces memoru footprint on compress. Default: false'
+  )
   .option('--cleancache', 'Clean cache before running')
   .option('--nocache', 'Run with no use of cache')
   .action(async (dir, options) => {
diff --git a/src/state.ts b/src/state.ts
index 1be31e6..751f39e 100644
--- a/src/state.ts
+++ b/src/state.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export type Args = {
   nowrite?: boolean;
   nocache?: boolean;
   cache_folder?: string;
+  sequential_compress?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ReportItem = {