diff --git a/encrypt.c b/encrypt.c
index 4fe5a56..cddca30 100644
--- a/encrypt.c
+++ b/encrypt.c
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ struct mmap_file encrypt_mmap(struct mmap_file file, uint8_t **keyp, uint8_t **i
     if (blocks * br_aes_big_BLOCK_SIZE < file_size) blocks++;
     file_size = blocks * br_aes_big_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
-    struct mmap_file rv = {.size = file_size, .prot = PROT_WRITE | PROT_READ, .flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE};
+    struct mmap_file rv =
+        {.size = file_size, .prot = PROT_WRITE | PROT_READ, .flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE};
 
     uint8_t *key = calloc(KEY_LEN, 1);
     uint8_t *iv = calloc(IV_LEN, 1);
@@ -48,12 +49,11 @@ struct mmap_file encrypt_mmap(struct mmap_file file, uint8_t **keyp, uint8_t **i
         fputs("getrandom() error!\n", stderr);
         return rv;
     }
-    #endif
+    #endif /* NO_RANDOMIZE_IV */
 
-    rv.data =
-        mmap(NULL, rv.size, rv.prot, rv.flags, -1, 0);
-    if (rv.data == MAP_FAILED) {
-        perror("mmap failure");
+    rv.data = mmap(NULL, rv.size, rv.prot, rv.flags, -1, 0);
+    if (ERROR_MMAP(rv)) {
+        perror("mmap()");
         return rv;
     }
 
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ struct mmap_file encrypt_mmap(struct mmap_file file, uint8_t **keyp, uint8_t **i
     br_aes_big_cbcenc_init(&br, key, KEY_LEN);
     br_aes_big_cbcenc_run(&br, iv_throwaway, rv.data, file_size);
 
+    #ifdef ENCODE_BASE_64
+    baseencode_error_t berr;
+    const char *data = base64_encode(rv.data, rv.size, &berr);
+    if (data == NULL || berr != SUCCESS) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "base64_encode(): error code %d\n", berr);
+        // TODO: returns good rv
+        return rv;
+    }
+    size_t len = strlen(data);
+    struct mmap_file rv_64 =
+        {.size = len, .prot = PROT_WRITE | PROT_READ, .flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE};
+    rv_64.data = mmap(NULL, rv_64.size, rv_64.prot, rv_64.flags, -1, 0);
+    if (ERROR_MMAP(rv_64)) {
+        perror("mmap()");
+        // TODO: returns good rv
+        return rv;
+    }
+    memcpy(rv_64.data, data, len);
+    munmap(rv.data, rv.size);
+    rv = rv_64;
+    #endif /* ENCODE_BASE_64 */
+
     munmap(file.data, file.size);
 
     // pass pointers to caller
diff --git a/extern/libbaseencode/base64.c b/extern/libbaseencode/base64.c
index ecb3f24..8327bfb 100644
--- a/extern/libbaseencode/base64.c
+++ b/extern/libbaseencode/base64.c
@@ -26,17 +26,9 @@ base64_encode(const unsigned char *user_data, size_t data_len, baseencode_error_
         }
     }
 
-    size_t user_data_chars = 0, total_bits = 0;
+    size_t user_data_chars = data_len;
+    size_t total_bits = user_data_chars * 8;
     int num_of_equals = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < data_len; i++) {
-        // As it's not known whether data_len is with or without the +1 for the null byte, a manual check is required.
-        if (user_data[i] != '\0') {
-            total_bits += 8;
-            user_data_chars += 1;
-        } else {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
     switch (total_bits % 24) {
         case 8:
             num_of_equals = 2;
diff --git a/extern/libbaseencode/common.h b/extern/libbaseencode/common.h
index be716cb..9b749cb 100644
--- a/extern/libbaseencode/common.h
+++ b/extern/libbaseencode/common.h
@@ -33,18 +33,10 @@ strip_char(char *str, char strip)
 static void
 check_input(const unsigned char *user_data, size_t data_len, int max_len, baseencode_error_t *err)
 {
-    if (user_data == NULL || (data_len == 0 && user_data[0] != '\0')) {
-        *err = INVALID_INPUT;
-        return;
-    } else if (user_data[0] == '\0') {
-        *err = EMPTY_STRING;
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (data_len > max_len) {
         *err = INPUT_TOO_BIG;
         return;
     }
 
     *err = SUCCESS;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/extern/libbaseencode/makefile b/extern/libbaseencode/makefile
index 98dd488..3014948 100644
--- a/extern/libbaseencode/makefile
+++ b/extern/libbaseencode/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 baseencode.a: base32.o base64.o
-	$(AR) r $@ $<
+	$(AR) r $@ $^
 
 clean:
 	rm -f baseencode.a base32.o base64.o
diff --git a/files.c b/files.c
index 40d35f0..7003e61 100644
--- a/files.c
+++ b/files.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int write_into_mmap(struct mmap_file *file, const uint8_t *buffer, int n)
     }
 
     ssize_t max = file->size - file->offset;
+    file->cursor = file->data + file->offset;
     if (n < max) {
         file->offset += n;
     } else {
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@ int write_into_mmap(struct mmap_file *file, const uint8_t *buffer, int n)
     }
 
     memcpy(file->cursor, buffer, n);
-    file->cursor = file->data + file->offset;
 
     return n;
 }
diff --git a/purr.c b/purr.c
index 94ee01d..28a2853 100644
--- a/purr.c
+++ b/purr.c
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
         goto early_out;
     }
 
+    uint8_t *key = NULL;
+    uint8_t *iv = NULL;
+    if (send && encrypt) {
+        // requires error checking
+        input = encrypt_mmap(input, &key, &iv);
+        if(ERROR_MMAP(input)) {
+            rv = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto early_out;
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: fix size
     const int going_to_write = HEADER_MAX_LEN;
     char *request = calloc(going_to_write, 1);
@@ -226,17 +237,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
         br_ssl_client_reset(&sc, link, 0);
     }
 
-    uint8_t *key = NULL;
-    uint8_t *iv = NULL;
-    if (send && encrypt) {
-        // requires error checking
-        input = encrypt_mmap(input, &key, &iv);
-        if(ERROR_MMAP(input)) {
-            rv = EXIT_FAILURE;
-            goto early_out;
-        }
-    }
-
     int socket = host_connect(link, port, debug);
     // avoid crashing on socket release
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
@@ -255,11 +255,40 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
     rv = send_and_receive(&ci);
 
-    if (fwrite(output.data, 1, output.offset, output_print) < output.offset) {
-        fputs("might not have written all data\n", stderr);
-    }
     if (encrypt) {
-        print_hex(key, KEY_LEN, true);
+        size_t allocate_res = strlen((char *)output.data);
+        char *link_res = calloc(allocate_res, 1);
+        char *path_res = calloc(allocate_res, 1);
+        char *port_res = calloc(16, 1);
+        if (link_res == NULL || path_res == NULL || port_res == NULL) {
+            perror("allocation failure");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+        clean_up_link((char *)output.data, link_res, path_res, port_res);
+
+        // clean up linebreak
+        char *linebreak = strchr(path_res, '\n');
+        if(linebreak) {
+            *linebreak = 0;
+        }
+
+        char *key_s = print_hex(key, KEY_LEN, false);
+        char *iv_s = print_hex(iv, IV_LEN, false);
+        if (key_s == NULL || iv_s == NULL) {
+            perror("malloc()");
+            goto early_out;
+        }
+
+        fprintf(output_print, "%s/paste.html#%s_%s_%s",
+                url, path_res + 1, key_s, iv_s);
+
+        free(link_res);
+        free(path_res);
+        free(port_res);
+        free(key_s);
+        free(iv_s);
+    } else if (fwrite(output.data, 1, output.offset, output_print) < output.offset) {
+        fputs("might not have written all data\n", stderr);
     }
 
   //out:
diff --git a/purr.h b/purr.h
index 13cd8fc..e305b67 100644
--- a/purr.h
+++ b/purr.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #define IV_LEN br_aes_big_BLOCK_SIZE
 
 #define NO_RANDOMIZE_IV
+#define ENCODE_BASE_64
 
-#define RESET_MMAP(file) do{file.offset = 0; file.cursor = 0}while(0);
-#define ERROR_MMAP(file) (file.data == MAP_FAILED || file.data == NULL)
-#define CLOSE_MMAP(file) do{if(file.data != MAP_FAILED && file.data != NULL) munmap(file.data, file.size);}while(0);
+#define RESET_MMAP(file) do{(file).offset = 0; (file).cursor = 0}while(0);
+#define ERROR_MMAP(file) ((file).data == MAP_FAILED || (file).data == NULL)
+#define CLOSE_MMAP(file) do{if((file).data != MAP_FAILED && (file).data != NULL) munmap((file).data, (file).size);}while(0);
 
 struct connection_information {
     br_sslio_context *ioc;