diff --git a/src/common/utils/base64.ts b/src/common/utils/base64.ts
index 8484e128b1..9bae5f79bf 100755
--- a/src/common/utils/base64.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/base64.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,20 @@
 import * as Base64 from "crypto-js/enc-base64";
 import * as Utf8 from "crypto-js/enc-utf8";
 
-export const base64 = {
-  decode(data: string) {
-    return Base64.parse(data).toString(Utf8);
-  },
-  encode(data: string) {
-    return Utf8.parse(data).toString(Base64);
-  },
-};
+/**
+ * Computes utf-8 from base64
+ * @param data A Base64 encoded string
+ * @returns The original utf-8 string
+ */
+export function decode(data: string): string {
+  return Base64.parse(data).toString(Utf8);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Computes base64 from utf-8
+ * @param data A normal string
+ * @returns A base64 encoded version
+ */
+export function encode(data: string): string {
+  return Utf8.parse(data).toString(Base64);
+}
diff --git a/src/common/utils/index.ts b/src/common/utils/index.ts
index 2875877a16..733867f1cb 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export function noop<T extends any[]>(...args: T): void {
 
 export * from "./app-version";
 export * from "./autobind";
-export * from "./base64";
 export * from "./camelCase";
 export * from "./cloneJson";
 export * from "./cluster-id-url-parsing";
@@ -62,9 +61,11 @@ export * from "./types";
 import * as iter from "./iter";
 import * as array from "./array";
 import * as tuple from "./tuple";
+import * as base64 from "./base64";
 
 export {
   iter,
   array,
   tuple,
+  base64,
 };