diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b1569d..1494041 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "medallion"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 authors = ["Thomas Gideon <cmdln@thecommandline.net>"]
 description = "JWT library for rust using serde, serde_json and openssl"
 homepage = "http://github.com/commandline/medallion"
diff --git a/src/claims.rs b/src/claims.rs
index ecfa66f..47ad08b 100644
--- a/src/claims.rs
+++ b/src/claims.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE};
+use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD};
 use Component;
 use error::Error;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl<T: Serialize + Deserialize> Component for Claims<T> {
     /// This implementation  simply parses the base64 data twice, each time applying it to the
     /// registered and private claims.
     fn from_base64(raw: &str) -> Result<Claims<T>> {
-        let data = decode_config(raw, URL_SAFE)?;
+        let data = decode_config(raw, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
         let reg_claims: Registered = serde_json::from_slice(&data)?;
 
         let pri_claims: T = serde_json::from_slice(&data)?;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl<T: Serialize + Deserialize> Component for Claims<T> {
             if let Value::Object(pri_map) = serde_json::to_value(&self.private)? {
                 reg_map.extend(pri_map);
                 let s = serde_json::to_string(&reg_map)?;
-                let enc = encode_config((&*s).as_bytes(), URL_SAFE);
+                let enc = encode_config((&*s).as_bytes(), URL_SAFE_NO_PAD);
                 Ok(enc)
             } else {
                 Err(Error::Custom("Could not access registered claims.".to_owned()))
diff --git a/src/crypt.rs b/src/crypt.rs
index 40d2b08..73eda83 100644
--- a/src/crypt.rs
+++ b/src/crypt.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE};
+use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD};
 use header::Algorithm;
 use openssl::hash::MessageDigest;
 use openssl::memcmp;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn sign_hmac(data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> Result<String> {
     signer.update(data.as_bytes())?;
 
     let mac = signer.finish()?;
-    Ok(encode_config(&mac, URL_SAFE))
+    Ok(encode_config(&mac, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD))
 }
 
 fn sign_rsa(data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> Result<String> {
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ fn sign_rsa(data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> Result<String> {
     let mut signer = Signer::new(digest, &pkey)?;
     signer.update(data.as_bytes())?;
     let sig = signer.finish()?;
-    Ok(encode_config(&sig, URL_SAFE))
+    Ok(encode_config(&sig, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD))
 }
 
 fn verify_hmac(target: &str, data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> Result<bool> {
-    let target_bytes: Vec<u8> = decode_config(target, URL_SAFE)?;
+    let target_bytes: Vec<u8> = decode_config(target, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
     let secret_key = PKey::hmac(key)?;
 
     let mut signer = Signer::new(digest, &secret_key)?;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn verify_hmac(target: &str, data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> R
 }
 
 fn verify_rsa(signature: &str, data: &str, key: &[u8], digest: MessageDigest) -> Result<bool> {
-    let signature_bytes: Vec<u8> = decode_config(signature, URL_SAFE)?;
+    let signature_bytes: Vec<u8> = decode_config(signature, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
     let public_key = Rsa::public_key_from_pem(key)?;
     let pkey = PKey::from_rsa(public_key)?;
     let mut verifier = Verifier::new(digest, &pkey)?;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     pub fn sign_data_hmac() {
         let header = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9";
         let claims = "eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9";
-        let real_sig = "TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ=";
+        let real_sig = "TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ";
         let data = format!("{}.{}", header, claims);
 
         let sig = sign(&*data, "secret".as_bytes(), &Algorithm::HS256);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     pub fn sign_data_rsa() {
         let header = "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9";
         let claims = "eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9";
-        let real_sig = "nXdpIkFQYZXZ0VlJjHmAc5_aewHCCJpT5jP1fpexUCF_9m3NxlC7uYNXAl6NKno520oh9wVT4VV_vmPeEin7BnnoIJNPcImWcUzkYpLTrDBntiF9HCuqFaniuEVzlf8dVlRJgo8QxhmUZEjyDFjPZXZxPlPV1LD6hrtItxMKZbh1qoNY3OL7Mwo-WuSRQ0mmKj-_y3weAmx_9EaTLY639uD8-o5iZxIIf85U4e55Wdp-C9FJ4RxyHpjgoG8p87IbChfleSdWcZL3NZuxjRCHVWgS1uYG0I-LqBWpWyXnJ1zk6-w4tfxOYpZFMOIyq4tY2mxJQ78Kvcu8bTO7UdI7iA==";
+        let real_sig = "nXdpIkFQYZXZ0VlJjHmAc5_aewHCCJpT5jP1fpexUCF_9m3NxlC7uYNXAl6NKno520oh9wVT4VV_vmPeEin7BnnoIJNPcImWcUzkYpLTrDBntiF9HCuqFaniuEVzlf8dVlRJgo8QxhmUZEjyDFjPZXZxPlPV1LD6hrtItxMKZbh1qoNY3OL7Mwo-WuSRQ0mmKj-_y3weAmx_9EaTLY639uD8-o5iZxIIf85U4e55Wdp-C9FJ4RxyHpjgoG8p87IbChfleSdWcZL3NZuxjRCHVWgS1uYG0I-LqBWpWyXnJ1zk6-w4tfxOYpZFMOIyq4tY2mxJQ78Kvcu8bTO7UdI7iA";
         let data = format!("{}.{}", header, claims);
 
         let key = load_pem("./examples/privateKey.pem").unwrap();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 28d7714..40498e4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
 
-use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE};
+use base64::{decode_config, encode_config, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD};
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 pub use error::Error;
 pub use header::DefaultHeader;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl<T> Component for T
 
     /// Parse from a string.
     fn from_base64(raw: &str) -> Result<T> {
-        let data = decode_config(raw, URL_SAFE)?;
+        let data = decode_config(raw, URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
         let s = String::from_utf8(data)?;
         Ok(serde_json::from_str(&*s)?)
     }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl<T> Component for T
     /// Encode to a string.
     fn to_base64(&self) -> Result<String> {
         let s = serde_json::to_string(&self)?;
-        let enc = encode_config((&*s).as_bytes(), URL_SAFE);
+        let enc = encode_config((&*s).as_bytes(), URL_SAFE_NO_PAD);
         Ok(enc)
     }
 }