diff --git a/apps/agent/README.md b/apps/agent/README.md
index 63a0c6113ee88579512ff090302b25584e202825..4ac3348f0ac105fab17515d54b5b7442a06ea0b9 100644
--- a/apps/agent/README.md
+++ b/apps/agent/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# OCM ENGINE - AGENT 
+# OCM ENGINE - AGENT
 
 Agent service is a wrapper around @ocm-engine/askar library. 
 
diff --git a/libs/askar/src/askar/agent.service.ts b/libs/askar/src/askar/agent.service.ts
index 030c22c9c5621097b4c09bbd5091af7714644abb..32ad966651fbcedc7b9fb5fb646f8de0ed9f2e61 100644
--- a/libs/askar/src/askar/agent.service.ts
+++ b/libs/askar/src/askar/agent.service.ts
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ export class AgentService {
       "compressed data is",
       Buffer.from(compressedData).length / (1024 * 1024),
     );
-    const compressedMessage = Buffer.from(compressedData).toString("hex");
+    const compressedMessage = Buffer.from(compressedData).toString("base64");
     console.log(
       "compressed as hex is ",
       Buffer.from(compressedMessage).length / (1024 * 1024),