diff --git a/parsemail.go b/parsemail.go
index 6a60192..1d21f58 100644
--- a/parsemail.go
+++ b/parsemail.go
@@ -121,14 +121,24 @@
 
 		switch contentType {
 		case contentTypeTextPlain:
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
 
 			textBody += strings.TrimSuffix(string(ppContent[:]), "\n")
 		case contentTypeTextHtml:
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
@@ -178,14 +188,24 @@
 
 		switch contentType {
 		case contentTypeTextPlain:
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
 
 			textBody += strings.TrimSuffix(string(ppContent[:]), "\n")
 		case contentTypeTextHtml:
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
@@ -243,14 +263,24 @@
 				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
 		} else if contentType == contentTypeTextPlain {
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
 
 			textBody += strings.TrimSuffix(string(ppContent[:]), "\n")
 		} else if contentType == contentTypeTextHtml {
-			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
+			buf, err := decodeContent(part, part.Header.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+			if err != nil {
+				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
+			}
+
+			ppContent, err := ioutil.ReadAll(buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return textBody, htmlBody, attachments, embeddedFiles, err
 			}
@@ -346,7 +376,7 @@
 
 func decodeContent(content io.Reader, encoding string) (io.Reader, error) {
 	switch encoding {
-	case "base64":
+	case "base64", "Base64":
 		decoded := base64.NewDecoder(base64.StdEncoding, content)
 		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(decoded)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -490,4 +520,4 @@
 
 	Attachments   []Attachment
 	EmbeddedFiles []EmbeddedFile
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}