diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 1559a08..84da6da 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ def get_credentials():
     return (username, password)
 
 def authenticate(username, password, pwdb):
-    return password == pwdb[username]
+    return pwhash(password) == pwdb[username]
 
 def add_user(username, pwdb):
-    pwdb[username] = input(f'Enter password for {username}: ')
+    password = input(f'Enter password for {username}: ')
+    pwdb[username] = pwhash(password)
     return pwdb
 
+def pwhash(password):
+    ord_password_num = [int(ord(character)) for character in password]
+    return sum(ord_password_num)
+
 def read_pwdb(PWDB_PATH):
     try:
         pwdb_file = open(PWDB_PATH, 'rt')