diff --git a/src/node/http.ts b/src/node/http.ts
index eb8c91f9..e0309542 100644
--- a/src/node/http.ts
+++ b/src/node/http.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { normalize, Options } from "../common/util"
 import { AuthType, DefaultedArgs } from "./cli"
 import { commit, rootPath } from "./constants"
 import { Heart } from "./heart"
-import { hash } from "./util"
+import { isHashMatch } from "./util"
 
 declare global {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-namespace
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const authenticated = (req: express.Request): boolean => {
         req.cookies.key &&
         (req.args["hashed-password"]
           ? safeCompare(req.cookies.key, req.args["hashed-password"])
-          : req.args.password && safeCompare(req.cookies.key, hash(req.args.password)))
+          : req.args.password && isHashMatch(req.args.password, req.cookies.key))
       )
     default:
       throw new Error(`Unsupported auth type ${req.args.auth}`)
diff --git a/src/node/routes/login.ts b/src/node/routes/login.ts
index 017b8830..59444fd2 100644
--- a/src/node/routes/login.ts
+++ b/src/node/routes/login.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as path from "path"
 import safeCompare from "safe-compare"
 import { rootPath } from "../constants"
 import { authenticated, getCookieDomain, redirect, replaceTemplates } from "../http"
-import { hash, humanPath } from "../util"
+import { hash, hashLegacy, humanPath, isHashLegacyMatch } from "../util"
 
 export enum Cookie {
   Key = "key",
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ router.post("/", async (req, res) => {
 
     if (
       req.args["hashed-password"]
-        ? safeCompare(hash(req.body.password), req.args["hashed-password"])
+        ? isHashLegacyMatch(req.body.password, req.args["hashed-password"])
         : req.args.password && safeCompare(req.body.password, req.args.password)
     ) {
+      const hashedPassword = req.args["hashed-password"] ? hashLegacy(req.body.password) : hash(req.body.password)
       // The hash does not add any actual security but we do it for
       // obfuscation purposes (and as a side effect it handles escaping).
-      res.cookie(Cookie.Key, hash(req.body.password), {
+      res.cookie(Cookie.Key, hashedPassword, {
         domain: getCookieDomain(req.headers.host || "", req.args["proxy-domain"]),
         path: req.body.base || "/",
         sameSite: "lax",
diff --git a/src/node/util.ts b/src/node/util.ts
index e456f809..495c3389 100644
--- a/src/node/util.ts
+++ b/src/node/util.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as os from "os"
 import * as path from "path"
 import * as util from "util"
 import xdgBasedir from "xdg-basedir"
+import safeCompare from "safe-compare"
 
 export interface Paths {
   data: string
@@ -116,8 +117,38 @@ export const generatePassword = async (length = 24): Promise<string> => {
   return buffer.toString("hex").substring(0, length)
 }
 
-export const hash = (str: string): string => {
-  return bcrypt.hashSync(str, 10)
+/**
+ * Used to hash the password.
+ */
+export const hash = (password: string): string => {
+  return bcrypt.hashSync(password, 10)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used to verify if the password matches the hash
+ */
+export const isHashMatch = (password: string, hash: string) => {
+  return bcrypt.compareSync(password, hash)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used to hash the password using the sha256
+ * algorithm. We only use this to for checking
+ * the hashed-password set in the config.
+ *
+ * Kept for legacy reasons.
+ */
+export const hashLegacy = (str: string): string => {
+  return crypto.createHash("sha256").update(str).digest("hex")
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used to check if the password matches the hash using
+ * the hashLegacy function
+ */
+export const isHashLegacyMatch = (password: string, hashPassword: string) => {
+  const hashedWithLegacy = hashLegacy(password)
+  return safeCompare(hashedWithLegacy, hashPassword)
 }
 
 const mimeTypes: { [key: string]: string } = {
diff --git a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
index 0b085f09..c95994c7 100644
--- a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { hash } from "../../../src/node/util"
+import { hash, isHashMatch, hashLegacy, isHashLegacyMatch } from "../../../src/node/util"
 
 describe("getEnvPaths", () => {
   describe("on darwin", () => {
@@ -155,3 +155,37 @@ describe("hash", () => {
     expect(hashed).not.toBe(plainTextPassword)
   })
 })
+
+describe("isHashMatch", () => {
+  it("should return true if the password matches the hash", () => {
+    const password = "password123"
+    const _hash = hash(password)
+    expect(isHashMatch(password, _hash)).toBe(true)
+  })
+  it("should return false if the password does not match the hash", () => {
+    const password = "password123"
+    const _hash = hash(password)
+    expect(isHashMatch("otherPassword123", _hash)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe("hashLegacy", () => {
+  it("should return a hash of the string passed in", () => {
+    const plainTextPassword = "mySecretPassword123"
+    const hashed = hashLegacy(plainTextPassword)
+    expect(hashed).not.toBe(plainTextPassword)
+  })
+})
+
+describe("isHashLegacyMatchh", () => {
+  it("should return true if is match", () => {
+    const password = "password123"
+    const _hash = hashLegacy(password)
+    expect(isHashLegacyMatch(password, _hash)).toBe(true)
+  })
+  it("should return false if is match", () => {
+    const password = "password123"
+    const _hash = hashLegacy(password)
+    expect(isHashLegacyMatch("otherPassword123", _hash)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})