diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 18245ff..de57a57 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ exports.getBinary = (domainArg, optionsArg = {}) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void
         //so Buffer.concat() can make us a new Buffer
         //of all of them together
         const buffer = Buffer.concat(data);
-        response.body = buffer.toString('base64');
+        response.body = buffer.toString('binary');
         done.resolve();
     });
     yield done.promise;
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 7621606..97f07be 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export let getBinary = async (domainArg: string, optionsArg: interfaces.ISmartRe
       //so Buffer.concat() can make us a new Buffer
       //of all of them together
       const buffer = Buffer.concat(data);
-      response.body = buffer.toString('base64');
+      response.body = buffer.toString('binary');
       done.resolve();
   });
   await done.promise;