diff --git a/jasamedika-core/src/main/java/com/jasamedika/medifirst2000/util/ImageUtil.java b/jasamedika-core/src/main/java/com/jasamedika/medifirst2000/util/ImageUtil.java
index 35a65320..4ab2ee6a 100644
--- a/jasamedika-core/src/main/java/com/jasamedika/medifirst2000/util/ImageUtil.java
+++ b/jasamedika-core/src/main/java/com/jasamedika/medifirst2000/util/ImageUtil.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -31,8 +33,20 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 	/** The Constant DEFAULT_IMAGE_FORMAT. The default image format is PNG */
 	private static final String DEFAULT_IMAGE_FORMAT = "PNG";
 
-	private ImageUtil() {
-		// to prevent instantiation
+	public static String encodeFileToBase64Binary(File file) {
+		String result = "";
+		try {
+			FileInputStream fileInputStreamReader = new FileInputStream(file);
+			byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) file.length()];
+			fileInputStreamReader.read(bytes);
+			result = new String(Base64.encodeBase64(bytes), "UTF-8");
+
+			fileInputStreamReader.close();
+
+			return result;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			return result;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -50,14 +64,13 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
 	 */
-	public static byte[] resizeImage(byte[] imageData, int scaledWidth,
-			int scaledHeight, boolean preserveAlpha) throws IOException {
+	public static byte[] resizeImage(byte[] imageData, int scaledWidth, int scaledHeight, boolean preserveAlpha)
+			throws IOException {
 		if (ArrayUtils.isEmpty(imageData)) {
 			return new byte[] {};
 		}
-		BufferedImage originalImage  = createImage(imageData);
-		BufferedImage resizedImage = resizeImage(originalImage, scaledWidth,
-				scaledHeight, preserveAlpha);
+		BufferedImage originalImage = createImage(imageData);
+		BufferedImage resizedImage = resizeImage(originalImage, scaledWidth, scaledHeight, preserveAlpha);
 		return getImageBytes(resizedImage);
 	}
 
@@ -74,21 +87,16 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 	 *            Set the value to false to keep the transparency
 	 * @return Resized image
 	 */
-	public static BufferedImage resizeImage(Image image, int scaledWidth,
-			int scaledHeight, boolean preserveAlpha) {
-		int imageType = preserveAlpha ? BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB
-				: BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
-		BufferedImage scaledBI = new BufferedImage(scaledWidth, scaledHeight,
-				imageType);
+	public static BufferedImage resizeImage(Image image, int scaledWidth, int scaledHeight, boolean preserveAlpha) {
+		int imageType = preserveAlpha ? BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB : BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
+		BufferedImage scaledBI = new BufferedImage(scaledWidth, scaledHeight, imageType);
 		Graphics2D g = scaledBI.createGraphics();
 		if (preserveAlpha) {
 			g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
 		}
 		// we prefer quality than speed
-		g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,
-				RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
-		g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING,
-				RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
+		g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
+		g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
 		g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, scaledWidth, scaledHeight, null);
 		g.dispose();
 		return scaledBI;
@@ -103,8 +111,7 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
 	 */
-	public static BufferedImage createImage(byte[] imageData)
-			throws IOException {
+	public static BufferedImage createImage(byte[] imageData) throws IOException {
 		InputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageData);
 		return ImageIO.read(input);
 	}
@@ -123,8 +130,7 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
 	 */
-	public static String storeImage(String filename, String extension,
-			byte[] imageData) throws IOException {
+	public static String storeImage(String filename, String extension, byte[] imageData) throws IOException {
 		String ext = extension;
 		// extension must have dot (.) character in front of it
 		if (extension.charAt(0) != '.') {
@@ -160,4 +166,5 @@ public final class ImageUtil {
 		ImageIO.write(image, DEFAULT_IMAGE_FORMAT, output);
 		return output.toByteArray();
 	}
+
 }