diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f8d3ba2886..9dee622cc4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 *.woff  binary
 *.woff2 binary
 *.ldml  binary
+*.zip   binary
diff --git a/extensions/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts b/extensions/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
index 2258c1c307..bd042cc622 100644
--- a/extensions/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
+++ b/extensions/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const configMain: () => Promise<webpack.Configuration> = async () => {
     plugins: [
       // Copy static files to the output folder https://webpack.js.org/plugins/copy-webpack-plugin/
       new CopyPlugin({
-        patterns: getMainCopyFilePatterns(extensions),
+        patterns: getMainCopyFilePatterns(extensions).concat({ from: 'zip' }),
       }),
     ],
   });
diff --git a/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-text-collection_0.0.1.zip b/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-text-collection_0.0.1.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e75560e05
Binary files /dev/null and b/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-text-collection_0.0.1.zip differ
diff --git a/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-word-list_0.0.1.zip b/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-word-list_0.0.1.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6a2d788d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/extensions/zip/paratext-bible-word-list_0.0.1.zip differ
diff --git a/src/node/utils/command-line.util.ts b/src/node/utils/command-line.util.ts
index 07f7183bcc..0325db095f 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/command-line.util.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/command-line.util.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export function getCommandLineArgumentsGroup(
       );
     });
 
+  if (argName === COMMAND_LINE_ARGS.ExtensionsDir) return argumentsGroup.concat(['zip']);
   return argumentsGroup;
 }