diff --git a/libUnreadMail.go b/libUnreadMail.go
index 6bbe2af..08a6670 100644
--- a/libUnreadMail.go
+++ b/libUnreadMail.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func normalize(m []byte, encoding string) ([]byte, error) {
 		s, err = ioutil.ReadAll(quotedprintable.NewReader(strings.NewReader(string(m))))
 	} else if encoding == "base64" {
 		s, err = ioutil.ReadAll(base64.NewDecoder(base64.StdEncoding, strings.NewReader(string(m))))
+	} else {
+		s = m
 	}
 	if err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
 		err = nil