diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 533bb07b..d7949318 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 Imports: 
     R6,
     httr,
-    rlang
+    rlang,
+    fs
 RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
-Suggests: rmarkdown,
+Suggests: 
+    rmarkdown,
     htmltools,
     flexdashboard,
     webshot,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index bc4be41a..47895d7f 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ export(audit_r_versions)
 export(audit_runas)
 export(audit_vanity_urls)
 export(cache_apps)
+export(deploy_bundle)
+export(dir_bundle)
+export(poll_task)
 export(promote)
 export(tag_page)
diff --git a/R/promote.R b/R/promote.R
index e2190935..b1e542df 100644
--- a/R/promote.R
+++ b/R/promote.R
@@ -51,23 +51,43 @@ promote <- function(from,
     warning(sprintf('Updating EXISTING app %d with name %s on %s', to_app$id, app_name, to))
   }
 
-  to_app_url <- deploy_bundle(
+  task_id <- deploy_bundle(
     connect = to_client,
     bundle = bundle,
-    app = to_app
+    app_id = to_app$id
   )
   
+  poll_task(connect = to_client, task_id = task_id)
+  
+  to_app_url <- app$url
+  
   return(to_app_url)
 }
 
-deploy_bundle <- function(connect, bundle, app){
+#' @export
+dir_bundle <- function(path = ".") {
+  before_wd <- getwd()
+  setwd(path)
+  on.exit(expr = setwd(before_wd), add = TRUE)
+  
+  utils::tar(tarfile = "bundle.tar.gz", files = ".", compression = "gzip", tar = "internal")
+  
+  return(fs::path_abs("bundle.tar.gz"))
+}
+
+#' @export
+deploy_bundle <- function(connect, bundle, app_id){
   #upload bundle
-  new_bundle_id <- connect$upload_bundle(bundle, app$id)
+  new_bundle_id <- connect$upload_bundle(bundle, app_id)
   
   #activate bundle
-  task_id <- connect$activate_bundle(app$id, new_bundle_id)
+  task_id <- connect$activate_bundle(app_id, new_bundle_id)
   
-  #poll task
+  return(task_id)
+}
+
+#' @export
+poll_task <- function(connect, task_id) {
   start <- 0
   while (task_id > 0) {
     Sys.sleep(2)
@@ -80,5 +100,5 @@ deploy_bundle <- function(connect, bundle, app){
       task_id = 0
     }
   }
-  return(app$url)
+  invisible()
 }