diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a918568..40f7d31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "elfinder-node",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "A NodeJS connector/backend for elFinder file manager",
   "main": "src/elfinder.js",
   "author": "d.kyeremeh@dekyfin.com",
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "^0.5.10",
     "archiver": "^1.2.0",
+    "base-64": "^1.0.0",
     "express": "^4.15.2",
     "express-busboy": "^10.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
     "jimp": "^0.2.27",
-    "lzutf8": "^0.3.5",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.12",
     "promise": "^8.3.0",
     "underscore": "^1.8.3"
diff --git a/src/lfs.utils.js b/src/lfs.utils.js
index bdaaaf7..21ceae4 100644
--- a/src/lfs.utils.js
+++ b/src/lfs.utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const lz = require('lzutf8'); //Remove after decoupling
+const base64 = require('base-64');
 const path = require('path'); //Remove
 const mime = require('mime-types');
 const promise = require('promise');
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ exports.decode = function (dir) {
     .replace(/_/g, '/')
     .replace(/\./g, '=');
 
-  relative = lz.decompress(relative + '==', {
+  relative = base64.decode(relative + '==', {
     inputEncoding: 'Base64',
   });
   name = path.basename(relative);
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ exports.decode = function (dir) {
 //Used by exports.info, api.opne, api.tmb, api.zipdl
 exports.encode = function (dir) {
   const info = exports.parse(dir);
-  const relative = lz
-    .compress(info.path, {
-      outputEncoding: 'Base64',
-    })
+  const relative = base64
+    .encode(info.path)
     .replace(/=+$/g, '')
     .replace(/\+/g, '-')
     .replace(/\//g, '_')
diff --git a/tests/int-tests/api.spec.js b/tests/int-tests/api.spec.js
index 0e43611..3abf8f4 100644
--- a/tests/int-tests/api.spec.js
+++ b/tests/int-tests/api.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const app = require('../app');
 const qs = require('qs');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const { resolve } = require('path');
+const base64 = require('base-64');
 
 const request = require('supertest')(app);
 const volume = 'v0_Lw';
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const files = {
   zip: resolve(__dirname, '../files/zip.zip'),
 };
 
-const encodePath = (path) => 'v0_' + btoa(path);
+const encodePath = (path) => 'v0_' + base64.encode(path);
 
 const url = (query = {}) => {
   return `/connector?${qs.stringify(query)}`;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7c892d9..c3324b4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ balanced-match@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz#e83e3a7e3f300b34cb9d87f615fa0cbf357690ee"
   integrity sha512-3oSeUO0TMV67hN1AmbXsK4yaqU7tjiHlbxRDZOpH0KW9+CeX4bRAaX0Anxt0tx2MrpRpWwQaPwIlISEJhYU5Pw==
 
+base-64@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-64/-/base-64-1.0.0.tgz#09d0f2084e32a3fd08c2475b973788eee6ae8f4a"
+  integrity sha512-kwDPIFCGx0NZHog36dj+tHiwP4QMzsZ3AgMViUBKI0+V5n4U0ufTCUMhnQ04diaRI8EX/QcPfql7zlhZ7j4zgg==
+
 base64-js@^1.3.1:
   version "1.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.5.1.tgz#1b1b440160a5bf7ad40b650f095963481903930a"
@@ -1774,11 +1779,6 @@ lru-cache@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
-lzutf8@^0.3.5:
-  version "0.3.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lzutf8/-/lzutf8-0.3.5.tgz#c4e0237c6b22942ea084909b7f4033d28b25d24d"
-  integrity sha512-IguWjQkXnfFuE93+IQ5ur/ITwDacfq5gxXL1mZIt+2nvVgVZnl20iUBOSdlRStYh6ptbBnKNffZzCA5KZ3yILQ==
-
 make-dir@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-dir/-/make-dir-3.1.0.tgz#415e967046b3a7f1d185277d84aa58203726a13f"