diff --git a/lib/github.php b/lib/github.php
index 03164bb..cf82347 100644
--- a/lib/github.php
+++ b/lib/github.php
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ if (!$demoMode && isset($_SESSION['loggedIn']) && $_SESSION['loggedIn'] && isset
 
 			// Only get the file if it exists and begins with our $docRoot
 			if (file_exists($file) && strpos($file,$docRoot) === 0) {
-				$loadedFile = toUTF8noBOM(getData($file),true);
-				echo '<textarea name="loadedFile'.$i.'" id="loadedFile'.$i.'" style="display: none">'.str_replace("</textarea>","<ICEcoder:/:textarea>",str_replace("&","&amp;",$loadedFile)).'</textarea><br><br>'.PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
+				$loadedFile = getData($file);
+				echo '<textarea name="loadedFile'.$i.'" id="loadedFile'.$i.'" style="display: none">'.base64_encode($loadedFile).'</textarea><br><br>'.PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
 			} else {
 				die("<script>top.ICEcoder.message('Sorry, that file doesn\'t appear to exist');</script>");
 			}