diff --git a/chat.py b/chat.py
index 793c407..679a032 100644
--- a/chat.py
+++ b/chat.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 import mpd
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+import base64
 
 mpc = mpd.MPDClient()
 mpc.timeout = 0.2
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ def messages_post():
 
         messages.append(Message(time, sender, sendertype, str(message, "UTF-8")))
         url = 'http://10.0.5.42:8000/' # Set destination URL here
-        post_fields = {'X-Messages': message}     # Set POST fields here
+        post_fields = {'X-Messages': base64.b64encode(message)}     # Set POST fields here
 
         request = Request(url, urlencode(post_fields).encode())
         json = urlopen(request).read().decode()