diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 036a62a..76a5eb4 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ def write_pwdb(pwdb, PWDB_PATH):
 
 
 def pwhash(pwd):
-    return sha256(pwd)
+    encoded_pwd = pwd.encode("utf-8")
+    m = sha256()
+    m.update(encoded_pwd)
+    return m.hexdigest()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     PWDB_PATH = 'pwdb.json'