diff --git a/install_elog.sh b/install_elog.sh
index 870805aac..3351d6751 100644
--- a/install_elog.sh
+++ b/install_elog.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Allow HTML = 1
 Password file = $INSTANCE_DIR/users.xml
 Admin user = robot
 Self register = 0
-Encrypt passwords = 1
+Encrypt passwords = 0
 
 [demo]
 Subdir = demo