diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94208cf..1956e8a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ else()
 	find_package(ZSTD REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+add_subdirectory(ext/base64)
+
 if (USE_BUNDLED_TMXLITE)
 	add_subdirectory(ext/tmxlite)
 else()
diff --git a/ext/base64/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/base64/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb13a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/base64/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+add_library(base64
+	base64.cpp base64.h)
+add_library(base64::base64 ALIAS base64)
+target_include_directories(base64
+	PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/ext/base64/base64.cpp b/ext/base64/base64.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7666ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/base64/base64.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/*
+   base64.cpp and base64.h
+
+   base64 encoding and decoding with C++.
+   More information at
+     https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/development/Base64/Encoding-and-decoding-base-64-with-cpp
+
+   Version: 2.rc.08 (release candidate)
+
+   Copyright (C) 2004-2017, 2020, 2021 René Nyffenegger
+
+   This source code is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+   warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
+   arising from the use of this software.
+
+   Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+   including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+   freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+   1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; you must not
+      claim that you wrote the original source code. If you use this source code
+      in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+      appreciated but is not required.
+
+   2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+      misrepresented as being the original source code.
+
+   3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+
+   René Nyffenegger rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch
+
+*/
+
+#include "base64.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+ //
+ // Depending on the url parameter in base64_chars, one of
+ // two sets of base64 characters needs to be chosen.
+ // They differ in their last two characters.
+ //
+static const char* base64_chars[2] = {
+             "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+             "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+             "0123456789"
+             "+/",
+
+             "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+             "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+             "0123456789"
+             "-_"};
+
+static unsigned int pos_of_char(const unsigned char chr) {
+ //
+ // Return the position of chr within base64_encode()
+ //
+
+    if      (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') return chr - 'A';
+    else if (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') return chr - 'a' + ('Z' - 'A')               + 1;
+    else if (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') return chr - '0' + ('Z' - 'A') + ('z' - 'a') + 2;
+    else if (chr == '+' || chr == '-') return 62; // Be liberal with input and accept both url ('-') and non-url ('+') base 64 characters (
+    else if (chr == '/' || chr == '_') return 63; // Ditto for '/' and '_'
+    else
+ //
+ // 2020-10-23: Throw std::exception rather than const char*
+ //(Pablo Martin-Gomez, https://github.com/Bouska)
+ //
+    throw std::runtime_error("Input is not valid base64-encoded data.");
+}
+
+static std::string insert_linebreaks(std::string str, size_t distance) {
+ //
+ // Provided by https://github.com/JomaCorpFX, adapted by me.
+ //
+    if (!str.length()) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    size_t pos = distance;
+
+    while (pos < str.size()) {
+        str.insert(pos, "\n");
+        pos += distance + 1;
+    }
+
+    return str;
+}
+
+template <typename String, unsigned int line_length>
+static std::string encode_with_line_breaks(String s) {
+  return insert_linebreaks(base64_encode(s, false), line_length);
+}
+
+template <typename String>
+static std::string encode_pem(String s) {
+  return encode_with_line_breaks<String, 64>(s);
+}
+
+template <typename String>
+static std::string encode_mime(String s) {
+  return encode_with_line_breaks<String, 76>(s);
+}
+
+template <typename String>
+static std::string encode(String s, bool url) {
+  return base64_encode(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(s.data()), s.length(), url);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode(unsigned char const* bytes_to_encode, size_t in_len, bool url) {
+
+    size_t len_encoded = (in_len +2) / 3 * 4;
+
+    unsigned char trailing_char = url ? '.' : '=';
+
+ //
+ // Choose set of base64 characters. They differ
+ // for the last two positions, depending on the url
+ // parameter.
+ // A bool (as is the parameter url) is guaranteed
+ // to evaluate to either 0 or 1 in C++ therefore,
+ // the correct character set is chosen by subscripting
+ // base64_chars with url.
+ //
+    const char* base64_chars_ = base64_chars[url];
+
+    std::string ret;
+    ret.reserve(len_encoded);
+
+    unsigned int pos = 0;
+
+    while (pos < in_len) {
+        ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0xfc) >> 2]);
+
+        if (pos+1 < in_len) {
+           ret.push_back(base64_chars_[((bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0x03) << 4) + ((bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4)]);
+
+           if (pos+2 < in_len) {
+              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[((bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0x0f) << 2) + ((bytes_to_encode[pos + 2] & 0xc0) >> 6)]);
+              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[  bytes_to_encode[pos + 2] & 0x3f]);
+           }
+           else {
+              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0x0f) << 2]);
+              ret.push_back(trailing_char);
+           }
+        }
+        else {
+
+            ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0x03) << 4]);
+            ret.push_back(trailing_char);
+            ret.push_back(trailing_char);
+        }
+
+        pos += 3;
+    }
+
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+template <typename String>
+static std::string decode(String encoded_string, bool remove_linebreaks) {
+ //
+ // decode(…) is templated so that it can be used with String = const std::string&
+ // or std::string_view (requires at least C++17)
+ //
+
+    if (encoded_string.empty()) return std::string();
+
+    if (remove_linebreaks) {
+
+       std::string copy(encoded_string);
+
+       copy.erase(std::remove(copy.begin(), copy.end(), '\n'), copy.end());
+
+       return base64_decode(copy, false);
+    }
+
+    size_t length_of_string = encoded_string.length();
+    size_t pos = 0;
+
+ //
+ // The approximate length (bytes) of the decoded string might be one or
+ // two bytes smaller, depending on the amount of trailing equal signs
+ // in the encoded string. This approximation is needed to reserve
+ // enough space in the string to be returned.
+ //
+    size_t approx_length_of_decoded_string = length_of_string / 4 * 3;
+    std::string ret;
+    ret.reserve(approx_length_of_decoded_string);
+
+    while (pos < length_of_string) {
+    //
+    // Iterate over encoded input string in chunks. The size of all
+    // chunks except the last one is 4 bytes.
+    //
+    // The last chunk might be padded with equal signs or dots
+    // in order to make it 4 bytes in size as well, but this
+    // is not required as per RFC 2045.
+    //
+    // All chunks except the last one produce three output bytes.
+    //
+    // The last chunk produces at least one and up to three bytes.
+    //
+
+       size_t pos_of_char_1 = pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+1] );
+
+    //
+    // Emit the first output byte that is produced in each chunk:
+    //
+       ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( ( (pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+0]) ) << 2 ) + ( (pos_of_char_1 & 0x30 ) >> 4)));
+
+       if ( ( pos + 2 < length_of_string  )       &&  // Check for data that is not padded with equal signs (which is allowed by RFC 2045)
+              encoded_string[pos+2] != '='        &&
+              encoded_string[pos+2] != '.'            // accept URL-safe base 64 strings, too, so check for '.' also.
+          )
+       {
+       //
+       // Emit a chunk's second byte (which might not be produced in the last chunk).
+       //
+          unsigned int pos_of_char_2 = pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+2] );
+          ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( (( pos_of_char_1 & 0x0f) << 4) + (( pos_of_char_2 & 0x3c) >> 2)));
+
+          if ( ( pos + 3 < length_of_string )     &&
+                 encoded_string[pos+3] != '='     &&
+                 encoded_string[pos+3] != '.'
+             )
+          {
+          //
+          // Emit a chunk's third byte (which might not be produced in the last chunk).
+          //
+             ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( ( (pos_of_char_2 & 0x03 ) << 6 ) + pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+3])   ));
+          }
+       }
+
+       pos += 4;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+std::string base64_decode(std::string const& s, bool remove_linebreaks) {
+   return decode(s, remove_linebreaks);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode(std::string const& s, bool url) {
+   return encode(s, url);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode_pem (std::string const& s) {
+   return encode_pem(s);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string const& s) {
+   return encode_mime(s);
+}
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
+//
+// Interface with std::string_view rather than const std::string&
+// Requires C++17
+// Provided by Yannic Bonenberger (https://github.com/Yannic)
+//
+
+std::string base64_encode(std::string_view s, bool url) {
+   return encode(s, url);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode_pem(std::string_view s) {
+   return encode_pem(s);
+}
+
+std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string_view s) {
+   return encode_mime(s);
+}
+
+std::string base64_decode(std::string_view s, bool remove_linebreaks) {
+   return decode(s, remove_linebreaks);
+}
+
+#endif  // __cplusplus >= 201703L
diff --git a/ext/base64/base64.h b/ext/base64/base64.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866505e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/base64/base64.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//
+//  base64 encoding and decoding with C++.
+//  Version: 2.rc.08 (release candidate)
+//
+
+#ifndef BASE64_H_C0CE2A47_D10E_42C9_A27C_C883944E704A
+#define BASE64_H_C0CE2A47_D10E_42C9_A27C_C883944E704A
+
+#include <string>
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
+#include <string_view>
+#endif  // __cplusplus >= 201703L
+
+std::string base64_encode     (std::string const& s, bool url = false);
+std::string base64_encode_pem (std::string const& s);
+std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string const& s);
+
+std::string base64_decode(std::string const& s, bool remove_linebreaks = false);
+std::string base64_encode(unsigned char const*, size_t len, bool url = false);
+
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
+//
+// Interface with std::string_view rather than const std::string&
+// Requires C++17
+// Provided by Yannic Bonenberger (https://github.com/Yannic)
+//
+std::string base64_encode     (std::string_view s, bool url = false);
+std::string base64_encode_pem (std::string_view s);
+std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string_view s);
+
+std::string base64_decode(std::string_view s, bool remove_linebreaks = false);
+#endif  // __cplusplus >= 201703L
+
+#endif /* BASE64_H_C0CE2A47_D10E_42C9_A27C_C883944E704A */
diff --git a/ext/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 237c733..b65b0af 100644
--- a/ext/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ if (MSVC)
 	target_compile_definitions(tmxlite PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
+target_link_libraries(tmxlite base64::base64)
+
 if (USE_BUNDLED_PUGIXML)
 	target_link_libraries(tmxlite pugixml::static)
 else()
diff --git a/ext/tmxlite/include/tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp b/ext/tmxlite/include/tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp
index d32102d..134c38b 100644
--- a/ext/tmxlite/include/tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp
+++ b/ext/tmxlite/include/tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp
@@ -25,30 +25,6 @@ and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
 source distribution.
 *********************************************************************/
 
-/*********************************************************************
-base64_decode
-
-Copyright (C) 2004-2008 René Nyffenegger
-This source code is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
-warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
-arising from the use of this software.
-
-Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
-including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
-freely, subject to the following restrictions:
-
-1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; you must not
-claim that you wrote the original source code. If you use this source code
-in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
-appreciated but is not required.
-
-2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
-misrepresented as being the original source code.
-3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
-
-René Nyffenegger rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch
-*********************************************************************/
-
 #pragma once
 
 #include <tmxlite/detail/Android.hpp>
@@ -66,72 +42,6 @@ namespace tmx
     //using inline here just to supress unused warnings on gcc
     bool decompress(const char* source, std::vector<unsigned char>& dest, std::size_t inSize, std::size_t expectedSize);
 
-    static inline std::string base64_decode(std::string const& encoded_string)
-    {
-        static const std::string base64_chars =
-            "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-            "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-            "0123456789+/";            
-            
-        std::function<bool(unsigned char)> is_base64 = 
-            [](unsigned char c)->bool
-        {
-            return (isalnum(c) || (c == '+') || (c == '/'));
-        };
-
-        auto in_len = encoded_string.size();
-        int i = 0;
-        int j = 0;
-        int in_ = 0;
-        unsigned char char_array_4[4], char_array_3[3];
-        std::string ret;
-
-        while (in_len-- && (encoded_string[in_] != '=') && is_base64(encoded_string[in_]))
-        {
-            char_array_4[i++] = encoded_string[in_]; in_++;
-            if (i == 4)
-            {
-                for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                {
-                    char_array_4[i] = static_cast<unsigned char>(base64_chars.find(char_array_4[i]));
-                }
-                char_array_3[0] = (char_array_4[0] << 2) + ((char_array_4[1] & 0x30) >> 4);
-                char_array_3[1] = ((char_array_4[1] & 0xf) << 4) + ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3c) >> 2);
-                char_array_3[2] = ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3) << 6) + char_array_4[3];
-
-                for (i = 0; (i < 3); i++)
-                {
-                    ret += char_array_3[i];
-                }
-                i = 0;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (i)
-        {
-            for (j = i; j < 4; j++)
-            {
-                char_array_4[j] = 0;
-            }
-
-            for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
-            {
-                char_array_4[j] = static_cast<unsigned char>(base64_chars.find(char_array_4[j]));
-            }
-
-            char_array_3[0] = (char_array_4[0] << 2) + ((char_array_4[1] & 0x30) >> 4);
-            char_array_3[1] = ((char_array_4[1] & 0xf) << 4) + ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3c) >> 2);
-            char_array_3[2] = ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3) << 6) + char_array_4[3];
-
-            for (j = 0; (j < i - 1); j++)
-            {
-                ret += char_array_3[j];
-            }
-        }
-
-        return ret;
-    }
-
     static inline Colour colourFromString(std::string str)
     {
         //removes preceding #
@@ -164,7 +74,7 @@ namespace tmx
     }
 
     static inline std::string resolveFilePath(std::string path, const std::string& workingDir)
-    {      
+    {
         static const std::string match("../");
         std::size_t result = path.find(match);
         std::size_t count = 0;
@@ -186,12 +96,12 @@ namespace tmx
                 outPath = outPath.substr(0, result);
             }
         }
-// this does only work on windows       
+// this does only work on windows
 #ifndef __ANDROID__
         return outPath + '/' + path;
 #endif
 
-// todo: make resolveFilePath work with subfolders on 
+// todo: make resolveFilePath work with subfolders on
 // android - currently only the root folder is working
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
@@ -223,4 +133,4 @@ namespace tmx
 
         return searchFunc('/', path);
     }
-} //namespacec tmx
\ No newline at end of file
+} //namespacec tmx
diff --git a/ext/tmxlite/src/TileLayer.cpp b/ext/tmxlite/src/TileLayer.cpp
index 1f530c0..52487a6 100644
--- a/ext/tmxlite/src/TileLayer.cpp
+++ b/ext/tmxlite/src/TileLayer.cpp
@@ -26,15 +26,13 @@ source distribution.
 *********************************************************************/
 
 #include <pugixml.hpp>
-
 #ifdef USE_ZSTD
-#include <zstd.h>
+# include <zstd.h>
 #endif
-
-#include <tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp>
-#include <tmxlite/TileLayer.hpp>
-#include <tmxlite/detail/Log.hpp>
-
+#include "base64.h"
+#include "tmxlite/FreeFuncs.hpp"
+#include "tmxlite/TileLayer.hpp"
+#include "tmxlite/detail/Log.hpp"
 #include <sstream>
 
 using namespace tmx;
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ void TileLayer::parseBase64(const pugi::xml_node& node)
             {
                 std::size_t dataSize = dataString.length() * sizeof(unsigned char);
                 std::size_t result = ZSTD_decompress(byteData.data(), expectedSize, &dataString[0], dataSize);
-                
+
                 if (ZSTD_isError(result))
                 {
                     std::string err = ZSTD_getErrorName(result);
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ void TileLayer::parseBase64(const pugi::xml_node& node)
                         createTiles(IDs, chunk.tiles);
                         m_chunks.push_back(chunk);
                         dataCount++;
-                    }                    
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -325,7 +323,7 @@ void TileLayer::createTiles(const std::vector<std::uint32_t>& IDs, std::vector<T
 {
     //LOG(IDs.size() != m_tileCount, "Layer tile count does not match expected size. Found: "
     //    + std::to_string(IDs.size()) + ", expected: " + std::to_string(m_tileCount));
-    
+
     static const std::uint32_t mask = 0xf0000000;
     for (const auto& id : IDs)
     {