1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ak-sm-merkle-tree b/bin/ak-sm-merkle-tree
index 1178803..0fe8f7a 100755
--- a/bin/ak-sm-merkle-tree
+++ b/bin/ak-sm-merkle-tree
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ then
     echo "[ERROR] File not found"
     exit 1
 else
-    FILE="$1"
+    base64 $1 > file
+    FILE="file"
 fi
 
 # The directory where the chunked data will be living at