diff --git a/src/crypto.cpp b/src/crypto.cpp
index 7f0cc49..6e8634b 100755
--- a/src/crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ void Crypto::Crypt(const std::wstring & in, std::wstring & out)
 }
 
 
+void Crypto::Crypt(const std::string & in, std::string & out)
+{
+	aes.Encode((const unsigned char*)&in[0], in.size(), aes_name, uint8_tab);
+	base64.Encode((const char*)&uint8_tab[0], uint8_tab.size(), out);
+	Clear();
+}
+
+
 void Crypto::Crypt(const std::vector<char> & in, std::string & out)
 {
 	aes.Encode((const unsigned char*)&in[0], in.size(), aes_name, uint8_tab);
@@ -152,6 +160,36 @@ return false;
 }
 
 
+bool Crypto::Decrypt(const std::string & in, std::string & out)
+{
+	out.clear();
+
+	if( in.empty() )
+		return true;
+	
+	base64.Decode(in, aes_str);
+
+	if( aes.Decode((const unsigned char *)aes_str.c_str(), aes_str.size(), aes_tmp_name, uint8_tab) )
+	{
+		out.resize(uint8_tab.size());
+
+		for(size_t i=0 ; i<uint8_tab.size() ; ++i)
+			out[i] = uint8_tab[i];
+
+		Clear();
+		return true;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		//log << "problem with AES decoding (skipping)" << logend;
+	}
+
+	Clear();
+
+return false;
+}
+
+
 bool Crypto::Decrypt(const std::string & in, std::vector<char> & out)
 {
 	out.clear();
diff --git a/src/crypto.h b/src/crypto.h
index 08a0562..cadfb7d 100755
--- a/src/crypto.h
+++ b/src/crypto.h
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ public:
 		crypting AES256 and base64 then
 		so the 'out' string is ready to save as a normal text
 	*/
-	void Crypt(const std::wstring & in, std::wstring & out);
-	void Crypt(const std::vector<char> & in, std::string & out);
+	void Crypt(const std::wstring & in,			std::wstring & out);
+	void Crypt(const std::string & in,			std::string & out);
+	void Crypt(const std::vector<char> & in,	std::string & out);
 
 
 	/*
@@ -73,8 +74,9 @@ public:
 		in such a case out is empty
 		if 'in' is empty the 'out' will be empty too
 	*/
-	bool Decrypt(const std::wstring & in, std::wstring & out);
-	bool Decrypt(const std::string & in, std::vector<char> & out);
+	bool Decrypt(const std::wstring & in,	std::wstring & out);
+	bool Decrypt(const std::string & in,	std::string & out);
+	bool Decrypt(const std::string & in,	std::vector<char> & out);
 
 
 	/*
@@ -108,9 +110,9 @@ private:
 
 
 	// temporarily fix for Visual Studio
-	// crypto.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl Tito::AssignString(char const *,unsigned int,class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> > &,bool)" (?AssignString@Tito@@YAXPBDIAAV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@_N@Z)
-	void AssignString(const char * src, size_t len, std::wstring & dst, bool clear = true);
-	void AssignString(const wchar_t * src, size_t len, std::string & dst, bool clear = true);
+	// crypto.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl Tito::AssignString(char const *,unsigned int,class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> > &,bool)" (?AssignString@Tito@@YAXPBDIAAV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@_N@Z)
+	void AssignString(const char * src, size_t len, std::wstring & dst, bool clear = true);
+	void AssignString(const wchar_t * src, size_t len, std::string & dst, bool clear = true);
 	void AssignString(const std::string & src, std::wstring & dst, bool clear = true);
 	void AssignString(const std::wstring & src, std::string & dst, bool clear = true);