private void sendCmd(String cmd) {
    String infoToSend = cmd;
    try {
        socket = new Socket(hostname, port);
        System.out.println("Trying to send: " + com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils.Base64.encode(infoToSend.getBytes()));
        out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
        out.writeBytes(com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils.Base64.encode(infoToSend.getBytes()));
        out.flush();
        System.out.println("Socket is flushed");


        System.out.println("Waiting for Data");
        InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
        System.out.println("Trying to get data");
        BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(is)
        );

        String line;
        while((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println(line);
        }
        socket.close();
    } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
}

public void run() {
    System.out.println("Got Connection");
    try {
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
        out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());

        String response;
        System.out.println("Response:");
        String decode = "";
        while ((response = in.readLine()) != null) {
            try {
                decode = new String(Base64.decode(response));
            } catch (Base64DecodingException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }


        System.out.println("Decoded: " + decode);
        out.writeBytes("We got your message!");
        out.flush();
        out.close();
    } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Fail"); e.printStackTrace(); }