diff --git a/api.lua b/api.lua
index 41e00c5..7383b69 100644
--- a/api.lua
+++ b/api.lua
@@ -79,11 +79,16 @@ modEUrn.handler = {
 }
 
 modEUrn.MinPlayedHours = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("eurn.voter.min_played_hours") or 90) -- value in hours
+modEUrn.save_compressed = minetest.settings:get_bool("eurn.save_compressed") ~= false
 
 modEUrn.doSave = function()
 	local file = io.open(modEUrn.urlTabela, "w")
 	if file then
-		file:write(minetest.serialize(modEUrn.handler))
+		local handler = minetest.serialize(modEUrn.handler)
+		if modEUrn.save_compressed then
+			handler = minetest.encode_base64(handler)
+		end
+		file:write(handler)
 		file:close()
 		minetest.log('action',"[E-URN] "..modEUrn.translate("Database saved in file '%s'!"):format(modEUrn.urlTabela))
 	else
@@ -94,7 +99,11 @@ end
 modEUrn.doLoad = function()
 	local file = io.open(modEUrn.urlTabela, "r")
 	if file then
-		local handler = minetest.deserialize(file:read("*all"))
+		local handler = file:read("*all")
+		if modEUrn.save_compressed then
+			handler = minetest.decode_base64(handler)
+		end
+		handler = minetest.deserialize(handler) --transforma string to table
 		file:close()
 		if not handler or type(handler) ~= "table" then
 			minetest.log('error',"[E-URN:ERRO] "..modEUrn.translate("The file '%s' is not in table format!"):format(modEUrn.urlTabela))