diff --git a/src/api/Launchpad.js b/src/api/Launchpad.js
index 07c7d30..fc88764 100644
--- a/src/api/Launchpad.js
+++ b/src/api/Launchpad.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import core from 'bower:metal/src/core';
-import Auth from '../api/Auth';
+import Auth from './Auth';
+import Btoa from '../btoa/Btoa';
 import Embodied from '../api-query/Embodied';
 import Filter from '../api-query/Filter';
 import Query from '../api-query/Query';
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ class Launchpad {
 			clientRequest.header('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + this.auth_.token());
 		} else {
 			var credentials = this.auth_.username() + ':' + this.auth_.password();
-			clientRequest.header('Authorization', 'Basic ' + btoa(credentials));
+			clientRequest.header('Authorization', 'Basic ' + Btoa.btoa(credentials));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/btoa/Btoa.js b/src/btoa/Btoa.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d4266d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/btoa/Btoa.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+class Btoa {
+	static btoa(stringToEncode) {
+		if (typeof btoa === 'function') {
+			return btoa(stringToEncode);
+		}
+
+		return new Buffer(stringToEncode.toString(), 'binary');
+	}
+}
+
+export default Btoa;