diff --git a/sip/asterisk.py b/sip/asterisk.py
index 3f27e461..2df97b4c 100644
--- a/sip/asterisk.py
+++ b/sip/asterisk.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Sms(object):
             raise EnvironmentError("body_type sould be 'str' ou 'base64' not %r" % body_type)
         conn = psycopg2.connect(self.sql_params)
         cur = conn.cursor()
-        cur.execute('INSERT INTO %s (date, "from", "to", body, "user") VALUES (NOW(), %%s, %%s, %%s, %%s)' % self.database, (src, dst, base64.encodestring(body).strip() if body_type=='str' else body, user))
+        cur.execute('INSERT INTO %s (date, "from", "to", body, "user") VALUES (NOW(), %%s, %%s, %%s, %%s)' % self.database, (src, dst, base64.b64encode(body).strip() if body_type=='str' else body, user))
         conn.commit()
         cur.close()
         conn.close()