diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/base64.cpp b/tdutils/td/utils/base64.cpp
index e8e92795..a1267eb7 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/base64.cpp
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/base64.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@
 namespace td {
 //TODO: fix copypaste
 
-static const char *const symbols64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
-static const char *const url_symbols64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_";
+template <bool is_url>
+static const char *get_characters() {
+  return is_url ? "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
+                : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+}
 
 template <bool is_url>
 static const unsigned char *get_character_table() {
   static unsigned char char_to_value[256];
   static bool is_inited = [] {
-    auto characters = is_url ? url_symbols64 : symbols64;
+    auto characters = get_characters<is_url>();
     std::fill(std::begin(char_to_value), std::end(char_to_value), static_cast<unsigned char>(64));
     for (unsigned char i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
       char_to_value[static_cast<size_t>(characters[i])] = i;
@@ -34,34 +37,40 @@ static const unsigned char *get_character_table() {
   return char_to_value;
 }
 
-string base64_encode(Slice input) {
+template <bool is_url>
+string base64_encode_impl(Slice input) {
+  auto characters = get_characters<is_url>();
   string base64;
   base64.reserve((input.size() + 2) / 3 * 4);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < input.size();) {
     size_t left = min(input.size() - i, static_cast<size_t>(3));
     int c = input.ubegin()[i++] << 16;
-    base64 += symbols64[c >> 18];
+    base64 += characters[c >> 18];
     if (left != 1) {
       c |= input.ubegin()[i++] << 8;
     }
-    base64 += symbols64[(c >> 12) & 63];
+    base64 += characters[(c >> 12) & 63];
     if (left == 3) {
       c |= input.ubegin()[i++];
     }
     if (left != 1) {
-      base64 += symbols64[(c >> 6) & 63];
-    } else {
+      base64 += characters[(c >> 6) & 63];
+    } else if (!is_url) {
       base64 += '=';
     }
     if (left == 3) {
-      base64 += symbols64[c & 63];
-    } else {
+      base64 += characters[c & 63];
+    } else if (!is_url) {
       base64 += '=';
     }
   }
   return base64;
 }
 
+string base64_encode(Slice input) {
+  return base64_encode_impl<false>(input);
+}
+
 Result<Slice> base64_drop_padding(Slice base64) {
   if ((base64.size() & 3) != 0) {
     return Status::Error("Wrong string length");
@@ -133,27 +142,7 @@ Result<SecureString> base64_decode_secure(Slice base64) {
 }
 
 string base64url_encode(Slice input) {
-  string base64;
-  base64.reserve((input.size() + 2) / 3 * 4);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < input.size();) {
-    size_t left = min(input.size() - i, static_cast<size_t>(3));
-    int c = input.ubegin()[i++] << 16;
-    base64 += url_symbols64[c >> 18];
-    if (left != 1) {
-      c |= input.ubegin()[i++] << 8;
-    }
-    base64 += url_symbols64[(c >> 12) & 63];
-    if (left == 3) {
-      c |= input.ubegin()[i++];
-    }
-    if (left != 1) {
-      base64 += url_symbols64[(c >> 6) & 63];
-    }
-    if (left == 3) {
-      base64 += url_symbols64[c & 63];
-    }
-  }
-  return base64;
+  return base64_encode_impl<true>(input);
 }
 
 Result<string> base64url_decode(Slice base64) {
diff --git a/tdutils/test/misc.cpp b/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
index 24953db1..f06ce0fb 100644
--- a/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
+++ b/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ TEST(Misc, base64) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(base64_encode("      /'.;.';≤.];,].',[.;/,.;/]/..;!@#!*(%?::;!%\";") ==
               "ICAgICAgLycuOy4nO+KJpC5dOyxdLicsWy47LywuOy9dLy4uOyFAIyEqKCU/"
               "Ojo7ISUiOw==");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(base64url_encode("ab><") == "YWI-PA");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(base64url_encode("ab><c") == "YWI-PGM");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(base64url_encode("ab><cd") == "YWI-PGNk");
 }
 
 template <class T>