diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cysecurity/cspf/jvl/model/HashMe.java b/src/main/java/org/cysecurity/cspf/jvl/model/HashMe.java
index 635a180..2ce1e14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cysecurity/cspf/jvl/model/HashMe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cysecurity/cspf/jvl/model/HashMe.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.cysecurity.cspf.jvl.model;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ public static String hashMe(String str)
          StringBuffer sb=null;
         try
         {
-            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
+            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
             md.update(str.getBytes());
             byte byteData[] = md.digest();
             sb= new StringBuffer();
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ public static String hashMe(String str)
              sb.append(Integer.toString((byteData[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
             }   
         }
-        catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e)
+        catch(Exception e)
         {
-            
+            System.err.println("Error during hashing: " + e.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }