diff --git a/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCArmor.java b/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCArmor.java
index 9ac8ba2..66f52a9 100644
--- a/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCArmor.java
+++ b/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCArmor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.pgpainless.bouncycastle.sop.operation;
 
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredInputStream;
 import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredOutputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPUtil;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api.OpenPGPApi;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.io.Streams;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -26,10 +28,11 @@ public class BCArmor
         return new Ready() {
             @Override
             public void writeTo(@NotNull OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
+                InputStream decodeIn = PGPUtil.getDecoderStream(inputStream);
                 ArmoredOutputStream aOut = ArmoredOutputStream.builder()
                         .clearHeaders()
                         .build(outputStream);
-                Streams.pipeAll(inputStream, aOut);
+                Streams.pipeAll(decodeIn, aOut);
                 aOut.close();
             }
         };
diff --git a/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCDearmor.java b/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCDearmor.java
index 8bfda06..f4c94fc 100644
--- a/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCDearmor.java
+++ b/bc-sop-api/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/bouncycastle/sop/operation/BCDearmor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.pgpainless.bouncycastle.sop.operation;
 
-import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredInputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPUtil;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api.OpenPGPApi;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.io.Streams;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ public class BCDearmor
         return new Ready() {
             @Override
             public void writeTo(@NotNull OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
-                ArmoredInputStream aIn = new ArmoredInputStream(inputStream);
-                Streams.pipeAll(aIn, outputStream);
-                aIn.close();
+                InputStream decodeIn = PGPUtil.getDecoderStream(inputStream);
+                Streams.pipeAll(decodeIn, outputStream);
+                decodeIn.close();
             }
         };
     }