diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index df44a1dd6..81a6ab6f7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-11-27	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
+
+	* include/plugin.h:
+	* include/base64.h:
+	* src/lib/base64.cpp:
+	fixed loading of base64-encoded data being generated via Qt3-version
+	of QDataStream-class
+
 2007-11-27	Javier Serrano Polo <jasp00/at/terra/dot/es>
 
 	* include/main_window.h:
diff --git a/include/base64.h b/include/base64.h
index 4b367eac6..8d02a2d0b 100644
--- a/include/base64.h
+++ b/include/base64.h
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QByteArray>
 #include <QtCore/QString>
-
-class QVariant;
+#include <QtCore/QVariant>
 
 
 namespace base64
@@ -49,7 +48,8 @@ namespace base64
 		memcpy( *_data, data.constData(), *_size );
 	}
 	QString encode( const QVariant & _data );
-	QVariant decode( const QString & _b64 );
+	QVariant decode( const QString & _b64,
+			QVariant::Type _force_type = QVariant::Invalid );
 
 } ;
 
diff --git a/include/plugin.h b/include/plugin.h
index 4356546ab..791808690 100644
--- a/include/plugin.h
+++ b/include/plugin.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
 					desc( NULL )
 				{
 					const QList<QVariant> l =
-						base64::decode( _dump_data ).
+						base64::decode( _dump_data, QVariant::List ).
 								toList();
 					if( l.empty() )
 					{
diff --git a/src/lib/base64.cpp b/src/lib/base64.cpp
index b8391bd0c..e222c5226 100644
--- a/src/lib/base64.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/base64.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ QString encode( const QVariant & _data )
 
 
 
-QVariant decode( const QString & _b64 )
+QVariant decode( const QString & _b64, QVariant::Type _force_type )
 {
 	char * dst = NULL;
 	int dsize = 0;
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ QVariant decode( const QString & _b64 )
 	QDataStream in( &buf );
 	QVariant ret;
 	in >> ret;
+	if( _force_type != QVariant::Invalid && ret.type() != _force_type )
+	{
+		buf.reset();
+		in.setVersion( QDataStream::Qt_3_3 );
+		in >> ret;
+	}
 	return( ret );
 }