diff --git a/gui/main.js b/gui/main.js
index 3a628d30..362330ff 100644
--- a/gui/main.js
+++ b/gui/main.js
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ ipcMain.on('save-file-to-folder',(event,data)=>{
 
               try {
 
-                let buffer = Buffer.from(atob(data.file));
+                let buffer = Buffer.from(data.file);
                 let arraybuffer = Uint8Array.from(buffer);
                 console.log(arraybuffer)
                fs.writeFile(filepath.filePath, data.file, 'binary', function (err, data) {
diff --git a/gui/preload-chat.js b/gui/preload-chat.js
index 00112e5a..ec2a6b5e 100644
--- a/gui/preload-chat.js
+++ b/gui/preload-chat.js
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ function saveFileToFolder(id) {
             console.log(data)
             // we need to encode data because of error "an object could not be cloned"
             let Data = {
-                file: btoa(data),
+                file: data,
                 filename: filename,
                 filetype: filetype,
             }