diff --git a/myresources/crocodile/file_management.py b/myresources/crocodile/file_management.py
index e1e58c22..9bae0a34 100644
--- a/myresources/crocodile/file_management.py
+++ b/myresources/crocodile/file_management.py
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ def zip(self, path=None, folder=None, name=None, arcname=None, inplace=False, ve
             with install_n_import("py7zr").SevenZipFile(file=path, mode=mode, password=pwd) as archive: archive.writeall(path=str(slf), arcname=None)
         else:
             if (arcname := P(arcname or slf.name)).name != slf.name: arcname /= slf.name  # arcname has to start from somewhere and end with filename
-            if slf.is_file(): path = Compression.zip_file(ip_path=slf, op_path=path + f".zip" if path.suffix != ".zip" else path, arcname=arcname, **kwargs)
+            if slf.is_file(): path = Compression.zip_file(ip_path=slf, op_path=path + f".zip" if path.suffix != ".zip" else path, arcname=arcname, mode=mode, **kwargs)
             else:
                 root_dir, base_dir = (slf, ".") if content else (slf.split(at=str(arcname[0]))[0], arcname)
-                path = Compression.compress_folder(root_dir=root_dir, op_path=path, base_dir=base_dir, fmt='zip', **kwargs)
+                path = Compression.compress_folder(root_dir=root_dir, op_path=path, base_dir=base_dir, fmt='zip', **kwargs)  # TODO: see if this supports mode
         return self._return(path, inlieu=False, inplace=inplace, operation="delete", orig=orig, verbose=verbose, msg=f"ZIPPED {repr(slf)} ==>  {repr(path)}")
     def unzip(self, folder=None, fname=None, verbose=True, content=False, inplace=False, overwrite=False, orig=False, pwd=None, tmp=False, pattern=None, merge=False, **kwargs) -> 'P':
         if tmp: return self.unzip(folder=P.tmp().joinpath("tmp_unzips").joinpath(randstr()), content=True).joinpath(self.stem)