diff --git a/app/models/user.js b/app/models/user.js
index 4860387..dc7c764 100644
--- a/app/models/user.js
+++ b/app/models/user.js
@@ -31,24 +31,15 @@ var userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 
 });
 
-// checking if password is valid using bcrypt
-userSchema.methods.validPassword = function(password) {
-    return bcrypt.compareSync(password, this.local.password);
+// methods ======================
+// generating a hash
+userSchema.methods.generateHash = function(password) {
+    return bcrypt.hashSync(password, bcrypt.genSaltSync(8), null);
 };
 
-
-// this method hashes the password and sets the users password
-userSchema.methods.hashPassword = function(password) {
-    var user = this;
-
-    // hash the password
-    bcrypt.hash(user.local.password, null, null, function(err, hash) {
-        if (err)
-            return next(err);
-
-        user.local.password = hash;
-    });
-
+// checking if password is valid
+userSchema.methods.validPassword = function(password) {
+    return bcrypt.compareSync(password, this.local.password);
 };
 
 // create the model for users and expose it to our app
diff --git a/config/passport.js b/config/passport.js
index 14d7c10..852a331 100644
--- a/config/passport.js
+++ b/config/passport.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = function(passport) {
 
                 // set the user's local credentials
                 newUser.local.email    = email;
-                newUser.hashPassword(password); // use the generateHash function in our user model
+                newUser.local.password = newUser.generateHash(password); // use the generateHash function in our user model
 
 				// save the user
                 newUser.save(function(err) {