diff --git a/autotests/extractortest.cpp b/autotests/extractortest.cpp
--- a/autotests/extractortest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/extractortest.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     QCOMPARE(process.exitStatus(), QProcess::NormalExit);
 
     qDebug() << process.readAllStandardError();
-    QByteArray bytearray = QByteArray::fromBase64(process.readAllStandardOutput());
+    QByteArray bytearray = process.readAllStandardOutput();
     QVariantMap data;
     QDataStream in(&bytearray, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
     in >> data;
diff --git a/src/extractor.cpp b/src/extractor.cpp
--- a/src/extractor.cpp
+++ b/src/extractor.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QFile>
 
 #include <KFileMetaData/SimpleExtractionResult>
 #include <KFileMetaData/ExtractorCollection>
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@
         ex->extract(&result);
     }
 
-    QByteArray arr;
-    QDataStream stream(&arr, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    QFile out;
+    out.open(stdout, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    QDataStream stream(&out);
 
     QVariantMap map;
     QMapIterator<KFileMetaData::Property::Property, QVariant> it(result.properties());
@@ -87,7 +89,6 @@
     stream << map;
 
     qDebug() << map;
-    std::cout << arr.toBase64().constData();
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/indexeddataretriever.cpp b/src/indexeddataretriever.cpp
--- a/src/indexeddataretriever.cpp
+++ b/src/indexeddataretriever.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 void IndexedDataRetriever::slotIndexedFile(int)
 {
-    QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromBase64(m_process->readAllStandardOutput());
+    QByteArray data = m_process->readAllStandardOutput();
     QDataStream in(&data, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
     in >> m_data;