diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cde530d..9dddfca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1761,6 +1761,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-sqlx-session",
  "chrono",
  "dotenv",
+ "rand_core",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c85982..0acfacc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ argon2 = "0.4"
 askama = "0.11"
 actix-web = "4.0"
 
+rand_core = { version = "0.6", features = ["std"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 async-sqlx-session = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["pg"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.18", features = [
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index ea27b45..5f6d29c 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub listen_addr: SocketAddr,
     pub admin_pass: String,
     pub connection_string: String,
-    pub secret: String,
     pub log_level: Option<String>,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 7a9eff3..61695a9 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@
  */
 
 use crate::{task, templates};
-use argon2::Argon2;
-use argon2::PasswordHasher;
+use argon2::password_hash::{rand_core::OsRng, SaltString};
+use argon2::{Argon2, PasswordHasher};
 use sqlx::postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgConnectionInfo, PgPoolOptions};
 use sqlx::Executor;
 use sqlx::{ConnectOptions, PgPool};
 use tracing::info;
 use tracing::log::LevelFilter;
 
-pub struct Database(PgPool, String);
+pub struct Database(PgPool);
 
 impl Database {
-    pub async fn connect(conn_string: &str, secret: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn connect(conn_string: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let mut connect_options: PgConnectOptions = conn_string.parse()?;
         connect_options.log_statements(LevelFilter::Debug);
         info!("Connecting to the database");
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Database {
         );
         conn.execute(include_str!("sql/schema.sql")).await?;
 
-        Ok(Self(pool, secret.to_string()))
+        Ok(Self(pool))
     }
 
     pub fn pool(&self) -> PgPool {
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ impl Database {
         // TODO: change the category of the task inside the db
     }
 
-    fn hash(&self, password: &str) -> Result<String, ()> {
+    fn hash(&self, password: &str, salt: SaltString) -> Result<String, ()> {
         let argon2 = Argon2::default();
-        let hash = argon2.hash_password(password.as_bytes(), &self.1);
+        let hash = argon2.hash_password(password.as_bytes(), &salt);
         if let Ok(ref hash) = hash {
             if let Some(ref hash) = hash.hash {
                 return Ok(hash.to_string());
@@ -89,16 +89,19 @@ impl Database {
     }
 
     pub async fn register(&self, username: &str, password: &str) {
-        let hash = self.hash(password);
+        let salt = SaltString::generate(&mut OsRng);
+        let hash = self.hash(password, salt);
         if let Err(_) = hash {
             return;
         }
         tracing::debug!("{}", hash.unwrap());
-        // TODO: insert into DB
+        // TODO: insert the salt and hash into the DB
     }
 
     pub async fn login(&self, username: &str, password: &str) {
-        let hash = self.hash(password);
+        // TODO: get the salt from the DB
+        let salt = SaltString::generate(&mut OsRng);
+        let hash = self.hash(password, salt);
         if let Err(_) = hash {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c5de35e..32cb22c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     info!(concat!("Initializing - tmtd ", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
     let (ctx, _) = broadcast::channel(1);
-    let database = Arc::new(Database::connect(&cfg.connection_string, &cfg.secret).await?);
+    let database = Arc::new(Database::connect(&cfg.connection_string).await?);
     let session_store =
         PostgresSessionStore::from_client(database.pool()).with_table_name("sessions");
     session_store.migrate().await?;
diff --git a/tmtd_example.toml b/tmtd_example.toml
index ce0672f..55d9ed9 100644
--- a/tmtd_example.toml
+++ b/tmtd_example.toml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ listen_addr = "127.0.0.1:8080"
 admin_pass = "changeme"
 # Address of the postgress database
 connection_string = "postgres://tmtd@localhost/tmtd"
-# Secret for the password hasher
-# Must be atleast 4 bytes long, atleast 16 bytes (22 characters) are reccomended 
-secret = "changeme"
 
 # OPTIONAL
 # The tmtd log level, defaults to info when none is given