diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 1559a08..040ada8 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def write_pwdb(pwdb, PWDB_PATH):
     pwdb_file = open(PWDB_PATH, 'wt')
     json.dump(pwdb, pwdb_file)
 
+def hash_password(password):
+    hash = 0
+    for c in password.split():
+        hash += ord(c)
+    return hash
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     PWDB_PATH = 'pwdb.json'