diff --git a/lib/functions.php b/lib/functions.php
index 87d0bf6..381a434 100644
--- a/lib/functions.php
+++ b/lib/functions.php
@@ -745,6 +745,16 @@ function blowfish_encrypt($data,$secret=null) {
 	if (! trim($secret))
 		return $data;
 
+	if (function_exists('mcrypt_module_open')) {
+		$td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_BLOWFISH,'',MCRYPT_MODE_ECB,'');
+		$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td),MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
+		mcrypt_generic_init($td,substr($secret,0,mcrypt_enc_get_key_size($td)),$iv);
+		$encrypted_data = base64_encode(mcrypt_generic($td,$data));
+		mcrypt_generic_deinit($td);
+
+		return $encrypted_data;
+	}
+
 	if (file_exists(LIBDIR.'blowfish.php'))
 		require_once LIBDIR.'blowfish.php';
 	else
@@ -790,6 +800,16 @@ function blowfish_decrypt($encdata,$secret=null) {
 	if (! trim($secret))
 		return $encdata;
 
+	if (function_exists('mcrypt_module_open')) {
+		$td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_BLOWFISH,'',MCRYPT_MODE_ECB,'');
+		$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td),MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
+		mcrypt_generic_init($td,substr($secret,0,mcrypt_enc_get_key_size($td)),$iv);
+		$decrypted_data = trim(mdecrypt_generic($td,base64_decode($encdata)));
+		mcrypt_generic_deinit($td);
+
+		return $decrypted_data;
+	}
+
 	if (file_exists(LIBDIR.'blowfish.php'))
 		require_once LIBDIR.'blowfish.php';
 	else