diff --git a/auth.py b/auth.py
index 1559a08..7a03fe0 100644
--- a/auth.py
+++ b/auth.py
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ 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 read_pwdb(PWDB_PATH):
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ def write_pwdb(pwdb, PWDB_PATH):
     pwdb_file = open(PWDB_PATH, 'wt')
     json.dump(pwdb, pwdb_file)
 
+def pwhash(password):
+    hash = ''
+    for letter in password:
+        hash += hex(ord(letter)**2)[2:]
+    return hash
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     PWDB_PATH = 'pwdb.json'