diff --git a/src/Resource.jl b/src/Resource.jl
index 182bff3..f50192e 100644
--- a/src/Resource.jl
+++ b/src/Resource.jl
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ function LocalResource(path::AbstractString, html_attributes::Pair...)
 	Resource(src, mime, html_attributes)
 end
 
+Vector{UInt8}(r::PlutoUI.Resource) = Base64.base64decode(split(r.src, ',', limit=2) |> last)
+
 ###
 # DOWNLOAD BUTTON
 ###
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 733fe81..8831d54 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ end
         occursin("https://asdf.com/a/b/c.mp4?b=23f&c=asdf.png", h4)
     )
     @test occursin(r"asdf=[\'\"]123px", h5)
-    
-        
+    @test Vector{UInt8}(r3) == Vector{UInt8}("asdf")
+
+
 end
 
 @testset "DownloadButton" begin