diff --git a/src/sync-manager.ts b/src/sync-manager.ts
index 4fd26d1..e21309b 100644
--- a/src/sync-manager.ts
+++ b/src/sync-manager.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import MetadataStore, {
 import EventsListener from "./events-listener";
 import { GitHubSyncSettings } from "./settings/settings";
 import Logger from "./logger";
+import { decodeBase64String } from "./utils";
 
 interface SyncAction {
   type: "upload" | "download" | "delete_local" | "delete_remote";
@@ -299,7 +300,9 @@ export default class SyncManager {
     }
 
     const blob = await this.client.getBlob(manifest.sha);
-    const remoteMetadata: Metadata = JSON.parse(atob(blob.content));
+    const remoteMetadata: Metadata = JSON.parse(
+      decodeBase64String(blob.content),
+    );
 
     const conflicts = await this.findConflicts(remoteMetadata.files);
 
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ export default class SyncManager {
               const res = await this.client.getBlob(
                 filesMetadata[filePath].sha!,
               );
-              return atob(res.content);
+              return decodeBase64String(res.content);
             })(),
             await this.vault.adapter.read(normalizePath(filePath)),
           ]);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f4ceb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { base64ToArrayBuffer } from "obsidian";
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a base64 encoded string, this properly
+ * handles emojis and other non ASCII chars.
+ *
+ * @param s base64 encoded string
+ * @returns Decoded string
+ */
+export function decodeBase64String(s: string): string {
+  const buffer = base64ToArrayBuffer(s);
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  return decoder.decode(buffer);
+}