diff --git a/__tests__/blob.test.ts b/__tests__/blob.test.ts
index c677b11..6ca73e1 100644
--- a/__tests__/blob.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/blob.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ describe('Blob', () => {
       )
     })
 
+    it('binary file without corruption', async () => {
+      const blob = getBlob('fixtures/blob.bin')
+      const fileAddition = await blob.load()
+      expect(fileAddition.contents).toEqual(
+        fs
+          .readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/blob.bin.base64.txt'))
+          .toString()
+      )
+    })
+
     it('file with string', async () => {
       const blob = getBlob('fixtures/error.txt')
       const mockStream = new PassThrough()
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin b/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9dbd63
Binary files /dev/null and b/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin.base64.txt b/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin.base64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d73d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/blob.bin.base64.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+iVBORw0KGgr//gAB
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/stream/base64-encoder.test.ts b/__tests__/stream/base64-encoder.test.ts
index 50933d4..bf6073d 100644
--- a/__tests__/stream/base64-encoder.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/stream/base64-encoder.test.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,18 @@ describe('Base64 Encoder', () => {
     const streamedContent = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')
     expect(streamedContent).toEqual(Buffer.from(content).toString('base64'))
   })
+
+  it('binary stream without corruption', async () => {
+    const binary = Buffer.from([
+      0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0xff, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x01,
+    ])
+    const stream = Readable.from(binary).pipe(new Base64Encoder())
+
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+    for await (const chunk of stream) {
+      chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk))
+    }
+    const streamedContent = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')
+    expect(streamedContent).toEqual(binary.toString('base64'))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 9945afe..de6be05 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -23957,12 +23957,12 @@ var Base64Encoder = class extends Transform {
       chunk = chunk.subarray(0, chunk.length - overflowSize);
     }
     const base64String = chunk.toString("base64");
-    this.push(Buffer2.from(base64String));
+    this.push(base64String);
     callback();
   }
   _flush(callback) {
     if (this.overflow) {
-      this.push(Buffer2.from(this.overflow.toString("base64")));
+      this.push(this.overflow.toString("base64"));
     }
     callback();
   }
@@ -23979,7 +23979,7 @@ var Blob2 = class {
     if (!fs.existsSync(this.absolutePath)) {
       throw new Error(`File does not exist, path: ${this.absolutePath}`);
     }
-    return fs.createReadStream(this.absolutePath, { encoding: "utf8" }).pipe(new Base64Encoder());
+    return fs.createReadStream(this.absolutePath).pipe(new Base64Encoder());
   }
   async load() {
     const chunks = [];
diff --git a/src/blob.ts b/src/blob.ts
index b6d598b..2050f10 100644
--- a/src/blob.ts
+++ b/src/blob.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ export class Blob {
       throw new Error(`File does not exist, path: ${this.absolutePath}`)
     }
 
-    return fs
-      .createReadStream(this.absolutePath, { encoding: 'utf8' })
-      .pipe(new Base64Encoder())
+    return fs.createReadStream(this.absolutePath).pipe(new Base64Encoder())
   }
 
   async load(): Promise<FileAddition> {
diff --git a/src/stream/base64-encoder.ts b/src/stream/base64-encoder.ts
index 671f87e..d8e4e2a 100644
--- a/src/stream/base64-encoder.ts
+++ b/src/stream/base64-encoder.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ export default class Base64Encoder extends Transform {
     }
 
     const base64String = chunk.toString('base64')
-    this.push(Buffer.from(base64String))
+    this.push(base64String)
     callback()
   }
 
   _flush(callback: TransformCallback): void {
     if (this.overflow) {
-      this.push(Buffer.from(this.overflow.toString('base64')))
+      this.push(this.overflow.toString('base64'))
     }
     callback()
   }