diff --git a/src/Controllers/ItemController.php b/src/Controllers/ItemController.php
index 3f9b8c5..89db4cc 100755
--- a/src/Controllers/ItemController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/ItemController.php
@@ -177,15 +177,11 @@ class ItemController
             mkdir($qrDir, 0755, true);
         }
         $options = new QROptions([
-            'outputType' => QRCode::OUTPUT_MARKUP_SVG,
+            'outputType' => QRCode::OUTPUT_SVG,
             'eccLevel' => QRCode::ECC_L,
         ]);
         $qrCode = new QRCode($options);
-        $svg = $qrCode->render($idCode);
-        if (strpos($svg, 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,') === 0) {
-            $svg = base64_decode(substr($svg, 26)); // 26 is length of 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,'
-        }
-        file_put_contents($qrDir . $idCode . '.svg', $svg);
+        $qrCode->render($idCode, $qrDir . $idCode . '.svg');
     }
 
     public static function printQR($id) {