diff --git a/make_user_accounts.py b/make_user_accounts.py
index e1e852d..b9db3a1 100644
--- a/make_user_accounts.py
+++ b/make_user_accounts.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os, sys
 # from IPython.lib import passwd
-from hashlib import sha1
+from notebook.auth import passwd
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from random import shuffle
 from csv import writer
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ for username in usernames:
 	userdata = {}
 	userdata['username'] = username
 	userdata['password'] = password
-	# userdata['password_sha1'] = passwd(password)
-	userdata['password_sha1'] = sha1(password.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+	userdata['password_sha1'] = passwd(password)
 	userdata['port'] = curport
 	userdata['servername'] = servername
 	users.append(userdata)