diff --git a/classes/lnApp/Auth/ORM.php b/classes/lnApp/Auth/ORM.php
index 2d94c99..592431d 100644
--- a/classes/lnApp/Auth/ORM.php
+++ b/classes/lnApp/Auth/ORM.php
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ abstract class lnApp_Auth_ORM extends Kohana_Auth_ORM {
 		switch ($this->_config['hash_method']) {
 			case '' : return $str;
 			case 'md5': return md5($str);
+			case 'bcrypt': return password_hash($str,PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
 			default: return hash_hmac($this->_config['hash_method'], $str, $this->_config['hash_key']);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/config/auth.php b/config/auth.php
index 3cfc2d4..21d8a5c 100644
--- a/config/auth.php
+++ b/config/auth.php
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 return array(
 	'driver'       => 'ORM',
-	'hash_method'  => 'md5',
+	'hash_method'  => 'bcrypt',
 );
 ?>