diff --git a/modules/authentication/services.js b/modules/authentication/services.js
index c4b3777..e507219 100644
--- a/modules/authentication/services.js
+++ b/modules/authentication/services.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 angular.module('Authentication')
 
 .factory('AuthenticationService',
-    ['Base64', '$http', '$cookieStore', '$rootScope', '$timeout',
-    function (Base64, $http, $cookieStore, $rootScope, $timeout) {
+    ['$http', '$cookieStore', '$rootScope', '$timeout',
+    function ($http, $cookieStore, $rootScope, $timeout) {
         var service = {};
 
         service.Login = function (username, password, callback) {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ angular.module('Authentication')
         };
 
         service.SetCredentials = function (username, password) {
-            var authdata = Base64.encode(username + ':' + password);
+            var authdata = window.btoa(username + ':' + password);
 
             $rootScope.globals = {
                 currentUser: {
@@ -50,90 +50,4 @@ angular.module('Authentication')
         };
 
         return service;
-    }])
-
-.factory('Base64', function () {
-    /* jshint ignore:start */
-
-    var keyStr = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
-
-    return {
-        encode: function (input) {
-            var output = "";
-            var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
-            var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
-            var i = 0;
-
-            do {
-                chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
-                chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
-                chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
-
-                enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
-                enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
-                enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
-                enc4 = chr3 & 63;
-
-                if (isNaN(chr2)) {
-                    enc3 = enc4 = 64;
-                } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
-                    enc4 = 64;
-                }
-
-                output = output +
-                    keyStr.charAt(enc1) +
-                    keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
-                    keyStr.charAt(enc3) +
-                    keyStr.charAt(enc4);
-                chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
-                enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
-            } while (i < input.length);
-
-            return output;
-        },
-
-        decode: function (input) {
-            var output = "";
-            var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
-            var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
-            var i = 0;
-
-            // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
-            var base64test = /[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g;
-            if (base64test.exec(input)) {
-                window.alert("There were invalid base64 characters in the input text.\n" +
-                    "Valid base64 characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '+', '/',and '='\n" +
-                    "Expect errors in decoding.");
-            }
-            input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
-
-            do {
-                enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
-                enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
-                enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
-                enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
-
-                chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
-                chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
-                chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
-
-                output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
-
-                if (enc3 != 64) {
-                    output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
-                }
-                if (enc4 != 64) {
-                    output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
-                }
-
-                chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
-                enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
-
-            } while (i < input.length);
-
-            return output;
-        }
-    };
-
-    /* jshint ignore:end */
-});
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+    }]);