diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65f29dbd..99a9a7df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^11.7.0",
     "iarna-toml-esm": "^3.0.5",
     "ibantools": "^4.3.3",
+    "js-base64": "^3.7.6",
     "json5": "^2.2.3",
     "jwt-decode": "^3.1.2",
     "libphonenumber-js": "^1.10.28",
diff --git a/src/utils/base64.test.ts b/src/utils/base64.test.ts
index 994f1b1b..51d15239 100644
--- a/src/utils/base64.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/base64.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ describe('base64 utils', () => {
 
     it('should throw for incorrect base64 string', () => {
       expect(() => base64ToText('a')).to.throw('Incorrect base64 string');
-      expect(() => base64ToText(' ')).to.throw('Incorrect base64 string');
+      // should not really be false because trimming of space is now implied
+      // expect(() => base64ToText(' ')).to.throw('Incorrect base64 string');
       expect(() => base64ToText('é')).to.throw('Incorrect base64 string');
       // missing final '='
       expect(() => base64ToText('bG9yZW0gaXBzdW0')).to.throw('Incorrect base64 string');
@@ -56,17 +57,17 @@ describe('base64 utils', () => {
 
     it('should return false for incorrect base64 string', () => {
       expect(isValidBase64('a')).to.eql(false);
-      expect(isValidBase64(' ')).to.eql(false);
       expect(isValidBase64('é')).to.eql(false);
       expect(isValidBase64('data:text/plain;notbase64,YQ==')).to.eql(false);
       // missing final '='
       expect(isValidBase64('bG9yZW0gaXBzdW0')).to.eql(false);
     });
 
-    it('should return false for untrimmed correct base64 string', () => {
-      expect(isValidBase64('bG9yZW0gaXBzdW0= ')).to.eql(false);
-      expect(isValidBase64(' LTE=')).to.eql(false);
-      expect(isValidBase64(' YQ== ')).to.eql(false);
+    it('should return true for untrimmed correct base64 string', () => {
+      expect(isValidBase64('bG9yZW0gaXBzdW0= ')).to.eql(true);
+      expect(isValidBase64(' LTE=')).to.eql(true);
+      expect(isValidBase64(' YQ== ')).to.eql(true);
+      expect(isValidBase64(' ')).to.eql(true);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/utils/base64.ts b/src/utils/base64.ts
index 16912ee3..44e59f41 100644
--- a/src/utils/base64.ts
+++ b/src/utils/base64.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { Base64 } from 'js-base64';
+
 export { textToBase64, base64ToText, isValidBase64, removePotentialDataAndMimePrefix };
 
 function textToBase64(str: string, { makeUrlSafe = false }: { makeUrlSafe?: boolean } = {}) {
-  const encoded = window.btoa(str);
+  const encoded = Base64.encode(str);
   return makeUrlSafe ? makeUriSafe(encoded) : encoded;
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ function base64ToText(str: string, { makeUrlSafe = false }: { makeUrlSafe?: bool
   }
 
   try {
-    return window.atob(cleanStr);
+    return Base64.decode(cleanStr);
   }
   catch (_) {
     throw new Error('Incorrect base64 string');
@@ -34,10 +36,11 @@ function isValidBase64(str: string, { makeUrlSafe = false }: { makeUrlSafe?: boo
   }
 
   try {
+    const reEncodedBase64 = Base64.fromUint8Array(Base64.toUint8Array(cleanStr));
     if (makeUrlSafe) {
-      return removePotentialPadding(window.btoa(window.atob(cleanStr))) === cleanStr;
+      return removePotentialPadding(reEncodedBase64) === cleanStr;
     }
-    return window.btoa(window.atob(cleanStr)) === cleanStr;
+    return reEncodedBase64 === cleanStr.replace(/\s/g, '');
   }
   catch (err) {
     return false;