diff --git a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
index 4d4388c4..8b7d0c64 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 
 		/// <summary>Upgrades a password to BCrypt, from an insecure hashing algorithm.</summary>
 		/// <param name="password">string password - the raw user password (unhashed) to upgrade</param>
-		internal void upgradePasswordToBCrypt(string password) {
+		protected internal void upgradePasswordToBCrypt(string password) {
 			// Save the old password, in the event that we have to revert changes.
 			string oldpassword = this.Password;
 			
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 
 		/// <summary>Upgrades a password to the highest work factor available in the config.</summary>
 		/// <param name="password">string password - the raw user password (unhashed) to upgrade</param>
-		internal void upgradePasswordWorkFactor(string password) {
+		protected internal void upgradePasswordWorkFactor(string password) {
 			// If the destination work factor is not greater, we won't upgrade it or re-hash it
 			int currentWorkFactor = Convert.ToInt32((this.Password.Split('$')[2]));
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 		/// <summary>
 		/// A dictionary of hashing algortihms and an implementation object.
 		/// </summary>
-		internal readonly Dictionary<string, Func<HashAlgorithm>> HashTypes = new Dictionary<string, Func<HashAlgorithm>>
+		protected internal readonly Dictionary<string, Func<HashAlgorithm>> HashTypes = new Dictionary<string, Func<HashAlgorithm>>
 																																					{
 																																						{"sha512", () => new SHA512Managed()},
 																																						{"sha256", () => new SHA256Managed()},
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="bytes">bytes to hash</param>
 		/// <returns>string hash</returns>
-		internal string hashPassword(byte[] bytes)
+		protected internal string hashPassword(byte[] bytes)
 		{
 			if (bytes == null)
 				throw new NullReferenceException("bytes");
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="password">string to hash</param>
 		/// <returns>string hash</returns>
-		internal string hashPassword(string password)
+		protected internal string hashPassword(string password)
 		{
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(password) || password == "non-existant password")
 				return null;