diff --git a/pyexecplugins/Ansible.py b/pyexecplugins/Ansible.py
index 076043b..0c407ae 100644
--- a/pyexecplugins/Ansible.py
+++ b/pyexecplugins/Ansible.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pyexecplugins.pyexecplugins import PyExecPlugin
-import json
+import base64
 import sys, os, traceback
 import shutil
 import logging
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Ansible(PyExecPlugin):
     
     def __init__(self, data=None, config=None):
         super().__init__(data, config)
-        self.playbook = self.data.get("playbook")
+        self.playbook = base64.b64decode(self.data.get("playbook"))
         self.hosts = self.data.get("hosts", ["localhost"])
         self.connection = self.data.get("connection","local")
         self.verbosity = self.data.get("verbosity", 0)