diff --git a/weed/filer/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store_kv.go b/weed/filer/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store_kv.go
index b5a662c6b..c368059df 100644
--- a/weed/filer/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store_kv.go
+++ b/weed/filer/abstract_sql/abstract_sql_store_kv.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package abstract_sql
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ func genDirAndName(key []byte) (dirStr string, dirHash int64, name string) {
 	}
 
 	dirHash = int64(util.BytesToUint64(key[:8]))
-	dirStr = string(key[:8])
-	name = string(key[8:])
+	dirStr = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key[:8])
+	name = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key[8:])
 
 	return
 }
diff --git a/weed/filer/cassandra/cassandra_store_kv.go b/weed/filer/cassandra/cassandra_store_kv.go
index b6238cf0e..dafa9bb15 100644
--- a/weed/filer/cassandra/cassandra_store_kv.go
+++ b/weed/filer/cassandra/cassandra_store_kv.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cassandra
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ func genDirAndName(key []byte) (dir string, name string) {
 		key = append(key, 0)
 	}
 
-	dir = string(key[:8])
-	name = string(key[8:])
+	dir = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key[:8])
+	name = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key[8:])
 
 	return
 }