diff --git a/gh-repo-stats b/gh-repo-stats
index 5acf50e..5b2872b 100755
--- a/gh-repo-stats
+++ b/gh-repo-stats
@@ -803,10 +803,11 @@ ParseRepos() {
   PARSE_DATA=$1
 
   REPOS=$(echo "${PARSE_DATA}" | jq -r '.data.organization.repositories.nodes')
-  echo "decoding repos"
-  echo "${REPOS}"
-  for REPO_DATA in $(echo -n "${REPOS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64' | tr -d '\n' | tr -d ' \t'); do
+  ENCODED_REPOS=$(echo -n "${REPOS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64')
+  echo "REPOS after base64 encoding: ${ENCODED_REPOS}"
+  for REPO_DATA in $(echo -n "${REPOS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
     _jq() {
+    echo "decoding repos"
     echo -n "${REPO_DATA}" | base64 --decode | jq -r "${1}"
     }
 
@@ -993,10 +994,10 @@ AnalyzeIssues() {
   # Get the Current End Cursor #
   ##############################
   ISSUE_NEXT_PAGE=$(_pr_issue_jq  '.issues.pageInfo.endCursor')
-  echo "decoding ISSUES"
   echo "${ISSUES}"
-  for ISSUE in $(echo -n "${ISSUES}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64' | tr -d '\n' | tr -d ' \t'); do
+  for ISSUE in $(echo -n "${ISSUES}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
     _issue_jq() {
+      echo "decoding ISSUES"
       echo -n "${ISSUE}" | base64 --decode | jq -r "${1}"
     }
 
@@ -1110,10 +1111,9 @@ AnalyzePullRequests() {
   # Get the Current End Cursor #
   ##############################
   PR_NEXT_PAGE=$(_pr_repo_jq  '.pullRequests.pageInfo.endCursor')
-  echo "decoding PRS"
-  echo "PR"
-  for PR in $(echo -n "${PRS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64' | tr -d '\n' | tr -d ' \t'); do
+  for PR in $(echo -n "${PRS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
     _pr_jq() {
+      echo "decoding PRS"
  echo -n "${PR}" | base64 --decode | jq -r "${1}"
     }