diff --git a/pokerth_game.pro b/pokerth_game.pro
index e8a5628b..13e0b90a 100644
--- a/pokerth_game.pro
+++ b/pokerth_game.pro
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ win32 {
             -lgcrypt \
             -ltasn1 \
             -lgpg-error \
+            -lidn \
             -lgsasl
         LIBS += -lcurl
         LIBS += -lz
diff --git a/pokerth_server.pro b/pokerth_server.pro
index 85ca17d5..3e8c0218 100644
--- a/pokerth_server.pro
+++ b/pokerth_server.pro
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ win32 {
     }
 
     win32-g++ {
-        LIBS += -lgnutls-openssl -lgnutls -lgcrypt -ltasn1 -lgpg-error -lgsasl
+        LIBS += -lgnutls-openssl -lgnutls -lgcrypt -ltasn1 -lgpg-error -lidn -lgsasl
         LIBS += -lcurl
         LIBS += -lz
         LIBS += -llibboost_thread-mgw44-mt
diff --git a/src/net/common/sessiondata.cpp b/src/net/common/sessiondata.cpp
index 934695a5..409698f9 100644
--- a/src/net/common/sessiondata.cpp
+++ b/src/net/common/sessiondata.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ SessionData::CreateClientAuthSession(Gsasl *context, const string &userName, con
 	errorCode = gsasl_client_start(context, "SCRAM-SHA-1", &m_authSession);
 	if (errorCode == GSASL_OK)
 	{
-		char *base64User = NULL;
-		gsasl_base64_to(userName.c_str(), userName.length(), &base64User, NULL);
-		gsasl_property_set(m_authSession, GSASL_AUTHID, base64User);
-		gsasl_free(base64User);
+		//char *base64User = NULL;
+		//gsasl_base64_to(userName.c_str(), userName.length(), &base64User, NULL);
+		gsasl_property_set(m_authSession, GSASL_AUTHID, userName.c_str());
+		//gsasl_free(base64User);
 
 		gsasl_property_set(m_authSession, GSASL_PASSWORD, password.c_str());
 
@@ -141,14 +141,15 @@ SessionData::AuthGetUser() const
 	string retStr;
 	if (m_authSession)
 	{
-		char *base64User = NULL;
-		size_t lenBase64User = 0;
+		//char *base64User = NULL;
+		//size_t lenBase64User = 0;
 		const char *tmpUser = gsasl_property_fast(m_authSession, GSASL_AUTHID);
-		gsasl_base64_from(tmpUser, strlen(tmpUser), &base64User, &lenBase64User);
-		if (base64User)
+		//gsasl_base64_from(tmpUser, strlen(tmpUser), &base64User, &lenBase64User);
+		if (tmpUser)
 		{
-			retStr = string(base64User, lenBase64User);
-			gsasl_free(base64User);
+			//retStr = string(base64User, lenBase64User);
+			retStr = tmpUser;
+			//gsasl_free(base64User);
 		}
 	}
 	return retStr;