diff --git a/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Base64.java b/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Base64.java
index 4ab63dd75..38752e016 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Base64.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Base64.java
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ public class Base64
      * @since 1.4
      */
     public static byte[] decode( String s ) throws java.io.IOException {
-        return decode( s, NO_OPTIONS );
+        return decode( s, DONT_GUNZIP );
     }