diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 27927b26..5d394fc0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8074,9 +8074,14 @@ function install_blog {
 	fi
 
 	# create a user
+	FULLBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(freedombone-sec --bloghash "$FULLBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD")
+	if [ ${#FULLBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH} -lt 8 ]; then
+		echo $'Blog admin password could not be hashed'
+		exit 625728
+	fi
 	echo ';Password' > /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
-	echo "password = '$FULLBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD'" >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
-	echo 'encryption = clear' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
+	echo "password = '$FULLBLOG_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH'" >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
+	echo 'encryption = bcrypt' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 	echo ';Role' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 	echo 'role = admin' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-adduser b/src/freedombone-adduser
index e2c6bcf9..6277826d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-adduser
+++ b/src/freedombone-adduser
@@ -247,9 +247,14 @@ if grep -q "Blog domain" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
 		userdel -r $MY_USERNAME
 		exit 9
 	fi
+	NEW_USER_PASSWORD_HASH=$(freedombone-sec --bloghash "$NEW_USER_PASSWORD")
+	if [ ${#NEW_USER_PASSWORD_HASH} -lt 8 ]; then
+		echo $'Blog admin password could not be hashed'
+		exit 783528
+	fi
 	echo ';Password' > /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
-	echo "password = '$NEW_USER_PASSWORD'" >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
-	echo 'encryption = clear' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
+	echo "password = '$NEW_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'" >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
+	echo 'encryption = bcrypt' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 	echo ';Role' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 	echo 'role = admin' >> /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/config/users/$MY_USERNAME.ini
 	echo "$MY_USERNAME added as a blog user"