diff --git a/app/models/sso.rb b/app/models/sso.rb
index a58b5e442..c987ff933 100644
--- a/app/models/sso.rb
+++ b/app/models/sso.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Sso < ActiveRecord::Base
     sso.openid   = opt["openid"]
     sso.email    = opt["email"]
     sso.password = opt["password"]
-    sso.school   = Base64.decode64(opt["school"]).force_encoding('utf-8')
+    sso.school   = opt["school"]
     sso.sex      = opt["sex"]