diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
index 85707ee9f7..0e59b5334d 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoryContentsClientTests.cs
@@ -219,5 +219,22 @@ public async Task EnsuresNonNullArguments()
                 await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentNullException>(() => client.UpdateFile("org", "repo", "path/to/file", null));
             }
         }
+
+        public class TheGetArchiveMethod
+        {
+            [Fact]
+            public void EnsurePassingCorrectParameters()
+            {
+                var connection = Substitute.For<IApiConnection>();
+                var client = new RepositoryContentsClient(connection);
+
+                client.GetArchive("org", "repo", ArchiveFormat.Tarball, "dev");
+
+                const string expectedUri = "repos/org/repo/tarball/dev";
+                var expectedTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60);
+
+                connection.Connection.Received().Get<byte[]>(Arg.Is<Uri>(uri => uri.ToString() == expectedUri), Arg.Is<TimeSpan>(span => span == expectedTimeSpan));
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
index d7770db42b..7f3081c2ea 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public Task<string> GetArchiveLink(string owner, string name, ArchiveFormat arch
         /// <returns>The binary contents of the archive</returns>
         public Task<byte[]> GetArchive(string owner, string name, ArchiveFormat archiveFormat, string reference)
         {
-            return GetArchive(owner, name, archiveFormat, string.Empty, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60));
+            return GetArchive(owner, name, archiveFormat, reference, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(60));
         }
 
         /// <summary>