diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/config/SamlSuccessHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/config/SamlSuccessHandler.java
index c58318a2..d9eb870c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/config/SamlSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/config/SamlSuccessHandler.java
@@ -74,22 +74,22 @@ public class SamlSuccessHandler implements AuthenticationSuccessHandler {
 	        String samlResponse = samlAuth.getSaml2Response();
 	        logger.info("Raw SAML Response: " + samlResponse);
 	        
-		    // Parsing the SAML response as XML
+	     // If samlResponse is already in XML format, do not Base64 decode it
 	        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 	        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
 	        DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
-	        Document document = builder.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.getDecoder().decode(samlResponse)));
-			
-			 // Extracting ID, InResponseTo, and IssueInstant from the Response element
+	        Document document = builder.parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(samlResponse.getBytes()));  // Remove the Base64 decoding
+
+	        // Extracting ID, InResponseTo, and IssueInstant from the Response element
 	        Element responseElement = (Element) document.getElementsByTagNameNS("urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol", "Response").item(0);
 	        String responseId = responseElement.getAttribute("ID");
 	        String inResponseTo = responseElement.getAttribute("InResponseTo");
 	        String issueInstant = responseElement.getAttribute("IssueInstant");
-	        
+
 	        logger.info("SAML Response ID: " + responseId);
 	        logger.info("InResponseTo: " + inResponseTo);
 	        logger.info("IssueInstant: " + issueInstant);
-			
+
 			String redirectUrl = feBaseUrl;
 
 			logger.info("SAML login successful for user: " + principal.getName());