diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/Auth.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/Auth.java
index 668b00b..fe664d0 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/Auth.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/Auth.java
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package org.moparscape.msc.ls.auth;
 
 public interface Auth {
-
-	public boolean validate(String hashToUsername, String pass,
-			StringBuilder stringBuilder);
+	
+	boolean validate(long hash, String pass, StringBuilder stringBuilder);
 
 }
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/DummyAuth.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/DummyAuth.java
index a70e7c5..3b6df1b 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/DummyAuth.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/DummyAuth.java
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import org.moparscape.msc.ls.auth.Auth;
 class DummyAuth implements Auth {
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean validate(String hashToUsername, String pass,
-			StringBuilder stringBuilder) {
+	public boolean validate(long hash, String pass, StringBuilder stringBuilder) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/PersistenceAuth.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/PersistenceAuth.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3ee5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/PersistenceAuth.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.moparscape.msc.ls.auth.impl;
+
+import org.moparscape.msc.ls.Server;
+import org.moparscape.msc.ls.auth.Auth;
+
+public class PersistenceAuth implements Auth {
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean validate(long hash, String pass,
+			StringBuilder stringBuilder) {
+		return Server.storage.getPass(hash).equals(pass);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/WebsiteAuth.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/WebsiteAuth.java
index 43eadbf..f5f1295 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/WebsiteAuth.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/auth/impl/WebsiteAuth.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 
+import org.moparscape.msc.gs.tools.DataConversions;
 import org.moparscape.msc.ls.auth.Auth;
 import org.moparscape.msc.ls.util.Config;
 
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ class WebsiteAuth implements Auth {
 	
 	private final double version = 1.0;
 
-    public boolean validate(String user, String pass, StringBuilder response) {
+    public boolean validate(long hash, String pass, StringBuilder response) {
+    	String user = DataConversions.hashToUsername(hash);
         // if authURL is null, then we are just running the server for test purposes
         // this will never be so in production
         if(Config.AUTH_META_DATA == null){
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/packethandler/loginserver/PlayerLoginHandler.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/packethandler/loginserver/PlayerLoginHandler.java
index 9219cdd..798ab36 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/packethandler/loginserver/PlayerLoginHandler.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/packethandler/loginserver/PlayerLoginHandler.java
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ public class PlayerLoginHandler implements PacketHandler {
 			session.write(packet);
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	private static Auth auth;
-	
+
 	static {
 		try {
 			auth = AuthFactory.create(Config.AUTH_CLASS);
-			System.out.println("Authentication Scheme: " + auth.getClass().getSimpleName());
+			System.out.println("Authentication Scheme: "
+					+ auth.getClass().getSimpleName());
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@ public class PlayerLoginHandler implements PacketHandler {
 
 		if (!Server.storage.playerExists(user))
 			return 2;
-		if (!auth.validate(DataConversions.hashToUsername(user), pass,
-				new StringBuilder())) {
+		if (!auth.validate(user, pass, new StringBuilder())) {
 			return 2;
 		}
 
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/StorageMedium.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/StorageMedium.java
index 48b295c..169805f 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/StorageMedium.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/StorageMedium.java
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ public interface StorageMedium {
 	public PlayerSave loadPlayer(long user);
 	public void logLogin(long user, String ip);
 	public void logIn(String ip, long user);
+	public String getPass(long user);
 }
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/DummyStorageMedium.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/DummyStorageMedium.java
index 5da81b8..88a843d 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/DummyStorageMedium.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/DummyStorageMedium.java
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class DummyStorageMedium implements StorageMedium {
 
 		return true;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getPass(long user) {
+		return "";
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void shutdown() {
diff --git a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/MySQL.java b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/MySQL.java
index 77f1e53..9c39478 100644
--- a/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/MySQL.java
+++ b/LoginServer/src/org/moparscape/msc/ls/persistence/impl/MySQL.java
@@ -714,4 +714,20 @@ class MySQL implements StorageMedium {
 
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getPass(long user) {
+		ResultSet result = resultSetFromLongs(Statements.playerData, user);
+		try {
+			if (!result.next()) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return result.getString("pass");
+		} catch(Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	
 }