diff --git a/app/Controllers/Sales.php b/app/Controllers/Sales.php
index fd97055ac..3cce20b59 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/Sales.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Sales.php
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class Sales extends Secure_Controller
      */
     public function getDeletePayment(string $payment_id): void
     {
-        $this->sale_lib->delete_payment($payment_id);
+        $this->sale_lib->delete_payment(base64_decode($payment_id));
 
         $this->_reload();    // TODO: Hungarian notation
     }
diff --git a/app/Views/sales/register.php b/app/Views/sales/register.php
index dfc838eec..60d752c17 100644
--- a/app/Views/sales/register.php
+++ b/app/Views/sales/register.php
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ if (isset($success)) {
                         <tbody id="payment_contents">
                             <?php foreach ($payments as $payment_id => $payment) { ?>
                                 <tr>
-                                    <td><?= anchor("$controller_name/deletePayment/$payment_id", '<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span>') ?></td>
-                                    <td><?= esc($payment['payment_type']) ?></td>
+                                    <td><?= anchor("$controller_name/deletePayment/". base64_encode($payment_id), '<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span>') ?></td>
+                                    <td><?= $payment['payment_type'] ?></td>
                                     <td style="text-align: right;"><?= to_currency($payment['payment_amount']) ?></td>
                                 </tr>
                             <?php } ?>