diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/Patcher.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/Patcher.kt
index 263b7c4a..6a0320cd 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/Patcher.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/Patcher.kt
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class Patcher(private val options: PatcherOptions) {
     fun save(): PatcherResult {
         val packageMetadata = data.packageMetadata
         val metaInfo = packageMetadata.metaInfo
+        var resourceFile: ExtFile? = null
 
         if (options.patchResources) {
             val cacheDirectory = ExtFile(options.resourceCacheDirectory)
@@ -177,9 +178,7 @@ class Patcher(private val options: PatcherOptions) {
                 null, includedFiles
             )
 
-            // write packaged resources to cache directory
-            ExtFile(aaptFile).directory.copyToDir(cacheDirectory.resolve("build/"))
-
+            resourceFile = ExtFile(aaptFile)
         }
 
         val newDexFile = object : DexFile {
@@ -204,7 +203,8 @@ class Patcher(private val options: PatcherOptions) {
             dexFiles.map {
                 app.revanced.patcher.util.dex.DexFile(it.key, it.value)
             },
-            metaInfo.doNotCompress.toList()
+            metaInfo.doNotCompress.toList(),
+            resourceFile
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/PatcherResult.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/PatcherResult.kt
index beb304c3..acecd7b6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/PatcherResult.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patcher/PatcherResult.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package app.revanced.patcher
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.util.dex.DexFile
+import brut.directory.ExtFile
 
 /**
  * The result of a patcher.
@@ -9,5 +10,6 @@ import app.revanced.patcher.util.dex.DexFile
  */
 data class PatcherResult(
     val dexFiles: List<DexFile>,
-    val doNotCompress: List<String>? = null
+    val doNotCompress: List<String>? = null,
+    val resourceFile: ExtFile?
 )
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