diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc52a3f6..cff65863 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ console-subscriber = "0.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 
+# base64 decoding
+base64 = "0.22"
+
 # fs/network
 kxio = { git = "https://git.kemitix.net/kemitix/kxio.git", branch = "main" }