diff --git a/lib/profile-utils.js b/lib/profile-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..323a43f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/profile-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
+const saltRounds = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'test' ? 5 : 12;
+
+const encodePassword = async input => {
+  const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds);
+
+  return await bcrypt.hash(input, salt);
+};
+
+module.exports = { encodePassword };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecce56a8..c070098f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.9.0",
+    "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
     "camelcase": "^4.1.0",
     "cp-i18n-lib": "git+https://github.com/CoderDojo/cp-i18n-lib.git",
     "cp-logs-lib": "git://github.com/CoderDojo/cp-logs-lib#1.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e8c3d0d2..0a11067b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ bcrypt-pbkdf@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     tweetnacl "^0.14.3"
 
+bcryptjs@2.4.3:
+  version "2.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcryptjs/-/bcryptjs-2.4.3.tgz#9ab5627b93e60621ff7cdac5da9733027df1d0cb"
+  integrity sha1-mrVie5PmBiH/fNrF2pczAn3x0Ms=
+
 big-number@0.3.1:
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/big-number/-/big-number-0.3.1.tgz#ac73020c0a59bb79eb17c2ce2db77f77d974e013"