diff --git a/internal/handlers/handlers.go b/internal/handlers/handlers.go
index 39077ac..a4a0a87 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var ReservedPasteKeys [][]byte = [][]byte{[]byte("xd42"), []byte("example")}
 
 // Base64 encoding and decoding
 var base64Alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
-var base64Encoder = base64.NewEncoding(base64Alphabet).WithPadding(base64.NoPadding)
+var base64Encoder = base64.RawURLEncoding.WithPadding(base64.NoPadding)
 
 // Page contents
 var baseTemplate = template.New("empty")