diff --git a/ordr3/security.py b/ordr3/security.py
index 34ab8ee..3540cd8 100644
--- a/ordr3/security.py
+++ b/ordr3/security.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """ User Authentication and Authorization """
 
+from passlib import CryptContext
 from pyramid.security import Everyone, Authenticated
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 from pyramid.authorization import ACLAuthorizationPolicy
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ def get_user(request):
         return None
 
 
+def get_passlib_context():
+    """ configures a passlib context and returns it """
+    ctx = CryptContext(
+        schemes=["argon2", "bcrypt"], default="argon2", deprecated=["bcrypt"]
+    )
+    return ctx
+
+
 def includeme(config):
     """ initializing authentication and authorization for the Pyramid app
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 475a3e7..082bc7b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 requires = [
-    "passlib[argon2] >= 1.7.2",
+    "passlib[argon2,bcrypt] >= 1.7.2",
     "pyramid >= 1.10",
     "pyramid_debugtoolbar >= 4.6.1",
     "pyramid_jinja2 >= 2.7",