diff --git a/src/gardenlinux/oci/container.py b/src/gardenlinux/oci/container.py
index ea2965c4..4704da09 100644
--- a/src/gardenlinux/oci/container.py
+++ b/src/gardenlinux/oci/container.py
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ def push_manifest_and_artifacts_from_directory(
             if file_path_name.match("*.pxe.tar.gz"):
                 self._logger.info(f"Found nested artifact {file_path_name}")
                 extract_targz(file_path_name, artifacts_dir)
+                files = [
+                    file_name
+                    for file_name in artifacts_dir.iterdir()
+                    if file_name.is_file()
+                ]
 
         artifacts_with_metadata = Container.get_artifacts_metadata_from_files(
             files, manifest.arch