diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/MicrosoftLoginService.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/MicrosoftLoginService.java
index 9688343..80d331a 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/MicrosoftLoginService.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/MicrosoftLoginService.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class MicrosoftLoginService implements LoginService {
 		private final McProfileResponse profile;
 		private final Map<String, String> userProperties = Collections.emptyMap();
 		private String refreshToken;
-		private String avatarImage;
+		private byte[] avatarImage;
 
 		@Override
 		public String getUuid() {
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/OfflineSession.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/OfflineSession.java
index 1e24b3b..cb2520a 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/OfflineSession.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/OfflineSession.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class OfflineSession implements Session {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getAvatarImage() {
+    public byte[] getAvatarImage() {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/SavedSession.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/SavedSession.java
index 33430ff..9e12f1b 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/SavedSession.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/SavedSession.java
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package com.skcraft.launcher.auth;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 
-import java.util.Base64;
-
 /**
  * Represents a session saved to disk.
  */
@@ -18,12 +15,7 @@ public class SavedSession {
 	private String username;
 	private String accessToken;
 	private String refreshToken;
-	private String avatarImage;
-
-	@JsonIgnore
-	public byte[] getAvatarBytes() {
-		return Base64.getDecoder().decode(avatarImage);
-	}
+	private byte[] avatarImage;
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object o) {
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/Session.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/Session.java
index 51a2841..6535c14 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/Session.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/Session.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface Session {
      *
      * @return User's avatar as a base64 string.
      */
-    String getAvatarImage();
+    byte[] getAvatarImage();
 
     /**
      * Return true if the user is in an online session.
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/VisageSkinService.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/VisageSkinService.java
index a1b9136..12fe5d8 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/VisageSkinService.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/VisageSkinService.java
@@ -3,20 +3,17 @@ package com.skcraft.launcher.auth;
 import com.skcraft.launcher.util.HttpRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Base64;
 
 import static com.skcraft.launcher.util.HttpRequest.url;
 
 public class VisageSkinService {
-	public static String fetchSkinHead(String uuid) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+	public static byte[] fetchSkinHead(String uuid) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 		String skinUrl = String.format("https://visage.surgeplay.com/face/32/%s.png", uuid);
 
-		byte[] skinBytes = HttpRequest.get(url(skinUrl))
+		return HttpRequest.get(url(skinUrl))
 				.execute()
 				.expectResponseCode(200)
 				.returnContent()
 				.asBytes();
-
-		return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(skinBytes);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/YggdrasilLoginService.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/YggdrasilLoginService.java
index 8951ebe..0f5ce87 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/YggdrasilLoginService.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/auth/YggdrasilLoginService.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class YggdrasilLoginService implements LoginService {
         @JsonProperty("id") private String uuid;
         private String name;
         private boolean legacy;
-        private String avatarImage;
+        private byte[] avatarImage;
         @JsonIgnore private final Map<String, String> userProperties = Collections.emptyMap();
         @JsonBackReference private AuthenticateResponse response;
 
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/dialog/AccountSelectDialog.java b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/dialog/AccountSelectDialog.java
index 05bd2b9..7b34a58 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/dialog/AccountSelectDialog.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/com/skcraft/launcher/dialog/AccountSelectDialog.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class AccountSelectDialog extends JDialog {
 		public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList<? extends SavedSession> list, SavedSession value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
 			setText(value.getUsername());
 			if (value.getAvatarImage() != null) {
-				setIcon(new ImageIcon(value.getAvatarBytes()));
+				setIcon(new ImageIcon(value.getAvatarImage()));
 			} else {
 				setIcon(SwingHelper.createIcon(Launcher.class, "default_skin.png", 32, 32));
 			}