diff --git a/bwb/common.py b/bwb/common.py
index d639c93..256fe73 100644
--- a/bwb/common.py
+++ b/bwb/common.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class common:
             return False
 
         try:
-            ciphertext = base58.b58decode(ciphertext)
+            ciphertext = base58.b58decode(ciphertext[1:])
             key = SHA256.new(self.secret.encode()).digest()
             iv = ciphertext[:4]
             ct = ciphertext[4:]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8549797..a83e4f8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with io.open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(name='bwb',
-    version='1.0.7',
+    version='1.0.8',
     description='bwb',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',