diff --git a/modules/mod-Forge/src/TopicHandlers/LearnTalentHandler.cpp b/modules/mod-Forge/src/TopicHandlers/LearnTalentHandler.cpp
index 1220a14676db65..fd574561830ae1 100644
--- a/modules/mod-Forge/src/TopicHandlers/LearnTalentHandler.cpp
+++ b/modules/mod-Forge/src/TopicHandlers/LearnTalentHandler.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class LearnTalentHandler : public ForgeTopicHandler
 
     const uint8 META_PREFIX = 3;
 
-    const std::string base64_char = "|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"; // | is to offset string to base 1
+    const std::string base64_char = "|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; // | is to offset string to base 1
 
     ForgeCache::TreeMetaData* _treeMetaData;
     std::unordered_map<uint32 /*tabId*/, std::unordered_map<uint8 /*row*/, std::unordered_map<uint8/*col*/, uint32 /*rank*/>>> _simplifiedTreeMap;