diff --git a/plugin/src/file-operations/obsidian-file-operations.ts b/plugin/src/file-operations/obsidian-file-operations.ts
index c578018..6a82006 100644
--- a/plugin/src/file-operations/obsidian-file-operations.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/file-operations/obsidian-file-operations.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class ObsidianFileOperations implements FileOperations {
 			return new Uint8Array(0);
 		}
 
-		if (isBinary(expectedContent) || !path.endsWith(".md")) {
+		if (isBinary(expectedContent)) {
 			await this.vault.adapter.writeBinary(
 				normalizePath(path),
 				newContent
diff --git a/plugin/src/services/sync-service.ts b/plugin/src/services/sync-service.ts
index 32f09d8..d9c3410 100644
--- a/plugin/src/services/sync-service.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/services/sync-service.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {
 } from "src/database/document-metadata";
 import { Logger } from "src/tracing/logger";
 import { retriedFetch } from "src/utils/retried-fetch";
-import { bytesToBase64 } from "sync_lib";
+import { serialize } from "src/utils/serialize";
 
 export interface CheckConnectionResult {
 	isSuccessful: boolean;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class SyncService {
 					}
 				},
 				body: {
-					contentBase64: bytesToBase64(contentBytes),
+					contentBase64: serialize(contentBytes),
 					createdDate: createdDate.toISOString(),
 					relativePath
 				}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class SyncService {
 				},
 				body: {
 					parentVersionId,
-					contentBase64: bytesToBase64(contentBytes),
+					contentBase64: serialize(contentBytes),
 					createdDate: createdDate.toISOString(),
 					relativePath
 				}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts b/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
index 5621f7c..bbf4360 100644
--- a/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { unlockDocument, waitForDocumentLock } from "./document-lock";
 import PQueue from "p-queue";
 import { EMPTY_HASH, hash } from "src/utils/hash";
 import type { components } from "src/services/types";
-import { base64ToBytes } from "sync_lib";
+import { deserialize } from "src/utils/deserialize";
 
 export class Syncer {
 	private readonly remainingOperationsListeners: ((
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export class Syncer {
 				});
 
 				if (response.type === "MergingUpdate") {
-					const responseBytes = base64ToBytes(response.contentBase64);
+					const responseBytes = deserialize(response.contentBase64);
 					contentHash = hash(responseBytes);
 
 					await this.operations.write(
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export class Syncer {
 					}
 
 					if (response.type === "MergingUpdate") {
-						const responseBytes = base64ToBytes(
+						const responseBytes = deserialize(
 							response.contentBase64
 						);
 						contentHash = hash(responseBytes);
@@ -373,15 +373,15 @@ export class Syncer {
 							contentBytes,
 							responseBytes
 						);
-					}
 
-					this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-						status: SyncStatus.SUCCESS,
-						source: SyncSource.PULL,
-						relativePath,
-						message: `The file we updated had been updated remotely, so we downloaded the merged version`,
-						type: SyncType.UPDATE
-					});
+						this.history.addHistoryEntry({
+							status: SyncStatus.SUCCESS,
+							source: SyncSource.PULL,
+							relativePath,
+							message: `The file we updated had been updated remotely, so we downloaded the merged version`,
+							type: SyncType.UPDATE
+						});
+					}
 
 					await this.database.moveDocument({
 						documentId: localMetadata.documentId,
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export class Syncer {
 							documentId: remoteVersion.documentId
 						})
 					).contentBase64;
-					const contentBytes = base64ToBytes(content);
+					const contentBytes = deserialize(content);
 
 					await this.operations.create(
 						remoteVersion.relativePath,
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ export class Syncer {
 								documentId: remoteVersion.documentId
 							})
 						).contentBase64;
-						const contentBytes = base64ToBytes(content);
+						const contentBytes = deserialize(content);
 						const contentHash = hash(contentBytes);
 
 						if (relativePath !== remoteVersion.relativePath) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.test.ts b/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa50a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import init, { base64ToBytes } from "sync_lib";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+describe("deserialize", () => {
+	it("should serialize a Uint8Array to a base64 string", async () => {
+		const wasmBin = fs.readFileSync(
+			"../backend/sync_lib/pkg/sync_lib_bg.wasm"
+		);
+		await init({ module_or_path: wasmBin });
+
+		const base64 = "SGVsbG8=";
+		const jsResult = base64ToBytes(base64);
+		const expected = new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+		expect(jsResult).toEqual(expected);
+		const rustResult = base64ToBytes(base64);
+		expect(jsResult).toEqual(rustResult);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.ts b/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02e18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/utils/deserialize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function deserialize(data: string): Uint8Array {
+	return Buffer.from(data, "base64");
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/utils/serialize.test.ts b/plugin/src/utils/serialize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae2016e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/utils/serialize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { serialize } from "./serialize";
+import init, { bytesToBase64 } from "sync_lib";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+describe("serialize", () => {
+	it("should serialize a Uint8Array to a base64 string", async () => {
+		const wasmBin = fs.readFileSync(
+			"../backend/sync_lib/pkg/sync_lib_bg.wasm"
+		);
+		await init({ module_or_path: wasmBin });
+
+		const data = new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+		const jsResult = serialize(data);
+		const rustResult = bytesToBase64(data);
+		expect(rustResult).toBe("SGVsbG8=");
+		expect(jsResult).toBe(rustResult);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/plugin/src/utils/serialize.ts b/plugin/src/utils/serialize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9a9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/utils/serialize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function serialize(data: Uint8Array): string {
+	return Buffer.from(data).toString("base64");
+}