diff --git a/ppanggolin/formats/writeBinaries.py b/ppanggolin/formats/writeBinaries.py
index 026f4625..d4eba806 100644
--- a/ppanggolin/formats/writeBinaries.py
+++ b/ppanggolin/formats/writeBinaries.py
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ def write_pangenome(
             )
             compression_filter = tables.Filters(
                 complevel=complevel,
-                shuffle=False,
+                shuffle=True,
                 bitshuffle=False,
                 complib="blosc2:zstd",
             )