diff --git a/rclone_tele.py b/rclone_tele.py
index d1fe12e..3844f56 100644
--- a/rclone_tele.py
+++ b/rclone_tele.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import requests
 import datetime
 import math
 import subprocess
+import base64
 
 logfiledir = '/home/hubobel/'
 logfilepath = logfiledir + 'rclone.log'
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ result_msg = []
 start = datetime.datetime.now()
 
 telegram_chat_id = "322673713"
-telegram_token = "6828697809:AAHsdnom53SQGaYdgQBUrxrD2cMkwurupKI"
+telegram_token ='NjgyODY5NzgwOTpBQUhzZG5vbTUzU1FHYVlkZ1FCVXJ4ckQyY01rd3VydXBLSQ=='
 
 def parse_log(logfile, source, target):
 
@@ -80,8 +81,12 @@ def convert_size(size_bytes):
    return "%s %s" % (s, size_name[i])
 
 def notify_telegram(text):
+    base64_string = telegram_token
+    base64_bytes = base64_string.encode("ascii")
+    sample_string_bytes = base64.b64decode(base64_bytes)
+    sample_string = sample_string_bytes.decode("ascii")
     params = {"parse_mode": "HTML", "chat_id": telegram_chat_id, "text": text}
-    url = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{telegram_token}/sendMessage"
+    url = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{sample_string}/sendMessage"
     requests.post(url, params=params)
 
 basecmd = ('rclone ' + str('copy') + ' --log-file=' + str(logfilepath) +