diff --git a/src/message/rdata/rrsig_rdata.rs b/src/message/rdata/rrsig_rdata.rs
index 5b40dee4..fceb993c 100644
--- a/src/message/rdata/rrsig_rdata.rs
+++ b/src/message/rdata/rrsig_rdata.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::message::resource_record::{FromBytes, ToBytes};
 use crate::domain_name::DomainName;
 use crate::message::rrtype::Rrtype;
-
+use base64;
 use std::fmt;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ impl FromBytes<Result<Self, &'static str>> for RRSIGRdata {
             signature.push(bytes[i]);
             i += 1;
         }
-        let signature = String::from_utf8(signature).unwrap();
-        rrsig_rdata.set_signature(signature);
+        let signature_b64 = base64::encode(signature);
+        //let signature = String::from_utf8(signature).unwrap();
+        rrsig_rdata.set_signature(signature_b64);
 
         Ok(rrsig_rdata)
         }