diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6ead3cf8a..90a3ec2de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 ==== GtkUI ====
 	* Attempt to register as the default magnet uri handler in GNOME on startup
-	* Properly show 100.00% and reduce number of progress bar updates during a torrent creation
+	* Properly show 100.00% and reduce number of progress bar updates during a
+	  torrent creation
 	* Fix crash in Windows when creating a torrent
 	* Add button to Other preferences to associate magnet links with Deluge
 
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@
 	* Fix #1085 only use ints for specific options to prevent unhandled exception
 
 ==== Execute ====
-	* Use the move_completed path if it is different to the save path in the completed event.
+	* Use the move_completed path if it is different to the save path
+	  in the completed event.
+
+==== Core =====
+	* Fix the upload_plugin rpc method (was still using XML-RPC stuff)
 
 === Deluge 1.2.0_rc4 (24 November 2009) ===
 ==== Core ====
diff --git a/deluge/core/core.py b/deluge/core/core.py
index 6b163eb65..bd767f14e 100644
--- a/deluge/core/core.py
+++ b/deluge/core/core.py
@@ -655,14 +655,21 @@ class Core(component.Component):
             self.add_torrent_file(os.path.split(target)[1], open(target, "rb").read(), options)
 
     @export
-    def upload_plugin(self, filename, plugin_data):
+    def upload_plugin(self, filename, filedump):
         """This method is used to upload new plugins to the daemon.  It is used
         when connecting to the daemon remotely and installing a new plugin on
         the client side. 'plugin_data' is a xmlrpc.Binary object of the file data,
         ie, plugin_file.read()"""
 
+        try:
+            filedump = base64.decodestring(filedump)
+        except Exception, e:
+            log.error("There was an error decoding the filedump string!")
+            log.exception(e)
+            return
+
         f = open(os.path.join(deluge.configmanager.get_config_dir(), "plugins", filename), "wb")
-        f.write(plugin_data.data)
+        f.write(filedump)
         f.close()
         component.get("CorePluginManager").scan_for_plugins()