diff --git a/source/image-handler/image-request.js b/source/image-handler/image-request.js
index 405ba6313..0f78fea01 100644
--- a/source/image-handler/image-request.js
+++ b/source/image-handler/image-request.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class ImageRequest {
         if (path !== undefined) {
             const splitPath = path.split("/");
             const encoded = splitPath[splitPath.length - 1];
-            const toBuffer = new Buffer(encoded, 'base64');
+            const toBuffer = Buffer.from(encoded, 'base64');
             try {
                 return JSON.parse(toBuffer.toString('ascii'));
             } catch (e) {
@@ -235,4 +235,4 @@ class ImageRequest {
 }
 
 // Exports
-module.exports = ImageRequest;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = ImageRequest;