diff --git a/SimpleHttpServer/Login/LoginProvider.cs b/SimpleHttpServer/Login/LoginProvider.cs
index a91174a..e5b9f81 100644
--- a/SimpleHttpServer/Login/LoginProvider.cs
+++ b/SimpleHttpServer/Login/LoginProvider.cs
@@ -1,73 +1,81 @@
-using Konscious.Security.Cryptography;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace SimpleHttpServer.Login;
 
 internal struct SerialLoginData {
-    public string salt;
+    public string passwordSalt;
+    public string extraDataSalt;
     public string pwd;
-    public string additionalData;
+    public string extraData;
 
-    public LoginData toPlainData() {
+    public LoginData ToPlainData() {
         return new LoginData {
-            salt = Convert.FromBase64String(salt),
-            password = Convert.FromBase64String(pwd)
+            passwordSalt = Convert.FromBase64String(passwordSalt),
+            extraDataSalt = Convert.FromBase64String(extraDataSalt)
         };
     }
 }
 
 internal struct LoginData {
-    public byte[] salt;
-    public byte[] password;
-    public byte[] encryptedData;
+    public byte[] passwordSalt;
+    public byte[] extraDataSalt;
+    public byte[] passwordHash;
+    public byte[] encryptedExtraData;
 
-    public SerialLoginData toSerial() {
+    public SerialLoginData ToSerial() {
         return new SerialLoginData {
-            salt = Convert.ToBase64String(salt),
-            pwd = Convert.ToBase64String(password),
-            additionalData = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData)
+            passwordSalt = Convert.ToBase64String(passwordSalt),
+            extraDataSalt = Convert.ToBase64String(extraDataSalt),
+            pwd = Convert.ToBase64String(passwordHash),
+            extraData = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedExtraData)
         };
     }
 }
 
 internal struct LoginDataProviderConfig {
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Size of the password salt and the extradata salt. So each salt will be of size <see cref="SALT_SIZE"/>.
+    /// </summary>
     public int SALT_SIZE = 32;
     public int KEY_LENGTH = 256 / 8;
-    public int A2_ITERATIONS = 5;
-    public int A2_MEMORY_SIZE = 500_000;
-    public int A2_PARALLELISM = 8;
-    public int A2_HASH_LENGTH = 256 / 8;
-    public int A2_MAX_CONCURRENT = 4;
     public int PBKDF2_ITERATIONS = 600_000;
 
     public LoginDataProviderConfig() { }
 }
 
-public class LoginProvider<T> {
+public class LoginProvider<TExtraData> {
 
-    private static readonly Func<T, byte[]> JsonSerialize = t => Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(t));
-    private static readonly Func<byte[], T> JsonDeserialize = b => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(b))!;
+    private static readonly Func<TExtraData, byte[]> JsonSerialize = t => Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(t));
+    private static readonly Func<byte[], TExtraData> JsonDeserialize = b => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TExtraData>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(b))!;
+
+    [ThreadStatic]
+    private static SHA256? _sha256PerThread;
+    private static SHA256 Sha256PerThread { get => _sha256PerThread ??= SHA256.Create(); }
 
     private readonly LoginDataProviderConfig config;
     private readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim ldLock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim(LockRecursionPolicy.SupportsRecursion);
     private readonly string ldPath;
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, LoginData> loginData;
-    private readonly SemaphoreSlim argon2Limit;
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, LoginData> loginDatas;
+
+    private Func<TExtraData, byte[]> DataSerializer = JsonSerialize;
+    private Func<byte[], TExtraData> DataDeserializer = JsonDeserialize;
+    public void SetDataSerializers(Func<TExtraData, byte[]> serializer, Func<byte[], TExtraData> deserializer) {
+        DataSerializer = serializer ?? JsonSerialize;
+        DataDeserializer = deserializer ?? JsonDeserialize;
+    }
 
-    private Func<T, byte[]> DataSerializer = JsonSerialize;
-    private Func<byte[], T> DataDeserializer = JsonDeserialize;
 
     public LoginProvider(string ldPath, string confPath) {
         this.ldPath = ldPath;
-        loginData = LoadLoginData(ldPath);
-        config = LoadArgon2Config(confPath);
-        argon2Limit = new SemaphoreSlim(config.A2_MAX_CONCURRENT);
+        loginDatas = LoadLoginDatas(ldPath);
+        config = LoadLoginProviderConfig(confPath);
     }
 
-    private static Dictionary<string, LoginData> LoadLoginData(string path) {
+    private static Dictionary<string, LoginData> LoadLoginDatas(string path) {
         Dictionary<string, SerialLoginData> tempData;
         if (!File.Exists(path)) {
             File.WriteAllText(path, "{}", Encoding.UTF8);
@@ -79,13 +87,26 @@ public class LoginProvider<T> {
             }
         }
         var ld = new Dictionary<string, LoginData>();
-        foreach (var pair in tempData!) {
-            ld.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value.toPlainData());
+        foreach (var pair in tempData) {
+            ld.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value.ToPlainData());
         }
         return ld;
     }
 
-    private static LoginDataProviderConfig LoadArgon2Config(string path) {
+    private void SaveLoginData() {
+        var serial = new Dictionary<string, SerialLoginData>();
+        ldLock.EnterWriteLock();
+        try {
+            foreach (var pair in loginDatas) {
+                serial.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value.ToSerial());
+            }
+        } finally {
+            ldLock.ExitWriteLock();
+        }
+        File.WriteAllText(ldPath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(serial));
+    }
+
+    private static LoginDataProviderConfig LoadLoginProviderConfig(string path) {
         if (!File.Exists(path)) {
             var conf = new LoginDataProviderConfig();
             File.WriteAllText(path, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(conf));
@@ -94,39 +115,22 @@ public class LoginProvider<T> {
         return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LoginDataProviderConfig>(File.ReadAllText(path));
     }
 
-    public void SetDataSerialization(Func<T, byte[]> serializer, Func<byte[], T> deserializer) {
-        DataSerializer = serializer ?? JsonSerialize;
-        DataDeserializer = deserializer ?? JsonDeserialize;
-    }
-
-    private void StoreLoginData() {
-        var serial = new Dictionary<string, SerialLoginData>();
+    public bool AddUser(string username, string password, TExtraData additional) {
         ldLock.EnterWriteLock();
         try {
-            foreach (var pair in loginData!) {
-                serial.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value.toSerial());
-            }
-        } finally {
-            ldLock.ExitWriteLock();
-        }
-        File.WriteAllText(ldPath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(serial));
-    }
-
-    public bool AddUser(string username, string password, T additional) {
-        ldLock.EnterWriteLock();
-        try {
-            if (loginData.ContainsKey(username)) {
+            if (loginDatas.ContainsKey(username)) {
                 return false;
             }
-            var salt = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(config.SALT_SIZE);
-            var pwdHash = HashPwd(password, salt);
+            var passwordSalt = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(config.SALT_SIZE);
+            var extraDataSalt = RandomNumberGenerator.GetBytes(config.SALT_SIZE);
             LoginData ld = new LoginData() {
-                salt = salt,
-                password = pwdHash,
-                encryptedData = EncryptAdditionalData(password, salt, additional)
+                passwordSalt = passwordSalt,
+                extraDataSalt = extraDataSalt,
+                passwordHash = ComputeSaltedSha256Hash(password, passwordSalt),
+                encryptedExtraData = EncryptExtraData(password, extraDataSalt, additional),
             };
-            loginData.Add(username, ld);
-            StoreLoginData();
+            loginDatas.Add(username, ld);
+            SaveLoginData();
         } finally {
             ldLock.ExitWriteLock();
         }
@@ -136,9 +140,9 @@ public class LoginProvider<T> {
     public bool RemoveUser(string username) {
         ldLock.EnterWriteLock();
         try {
-            var removed = loginData.Remove(username);
+            var removed = loginDatas.Remove(username);
             if (removed) {
-                StoreLoginData();
+                SaveLoginData();
             }
             return removed;
         } finally {
@@ -146,64 +150,62 @@ public class LoginProvider<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    public bool ModifyUser(string username, string newPassword, T newAdditional) {
+    public bool ModifyUser(string username, string newPassword, TExtraData newExtraData) {
         ldLock.EnterWriteLock();
         try {
-            if (!loginData.ContainsKey(username)) {
+            if (!loginDatas.ContainsKey(username)) {
                 return false;
             }
-            loginData.Remove(username, out var data);
-            data.password = HashPwd(newPassword, data.salt);
-            data.encryptedData = EncryptAdditionalData(newPassword, data.salt, newAdditional);
-            loginData.Add(username, data);
-            StoreLoginData();
+            loginDatas.Remove(username, out var data);
+            data.passwordHash = ComputeSaltedSha256Hash(newPassword, data.passwordSalt);
+            data.encryptedExtraData = EncryptExtraData(newPassword, data.extraDataSalt, newExtraData);
+            loginDatas.Add(username, data);
+            SaveLoginData();
         } finally {
             ldLock.ExitWriteLock();
         }
         return true;
     }
 
-    public (bool, T) Authenticate(string username, string password) {
+    public bool TryAuthenticate(string username, string password, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out TExtraData extraData) {
         LoginData data;
         ldLock.EnterReadLock();
         try {
-            if (!loginData.TryGetValue(username, out data)) {
-                return (false, default(T)!);
+            if (!loginDatas.TryGetValue(username, out data)) {
+                extraData = default;
+                return false;
             }
         } finally {
             ldLock.ExitReadLock();
         }
-        var hash = HashPwd(password, data.salt);
-        if (!hash.SequenceEqual(data.password)) {
-            return (false, default(T)!);
+        var hash = ComputeSaltedSha256Hash(password, data.passwordSalt);
+        if (!hash.SequenceEqual(data.passwordHash)) {
+            extraData = default;
+            return false;
         }
-        return (true, DecryptAdditionalData(password, data.salt, data.encryptedData));
+        extraData = DecryptExtraData(password, data.extraDataSalt, data.encryptedExtraData);
+        return true;
     }
 
-    private byte[] HashPwd(string pwd, byte[] salt) {
-        byte[] hash;
-        argon2Limit.Wait();
-        try {
-            using (var argon2 = new Argon2id(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pwd))) {
-                argon2.Iterations = config.A2_ITERATIONS;
-                argon2.MemorySize = config.A2_MEMORY_SIZE;
-                argon2.DegreeOfParallelism = config.A2_PARALLELISM;
-                argon2.Salt = salt;
-                hash = argon2.GetBytes(config.A2_HASH_LENGTH);
-            }
-            // force collection to reduce sustained memory usage if many hashes are done in close time proximity to each other
-            GC.Collect();
-        } finally {
-            argon2Limit.Release();
-        }
-        return hash;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Threadsafe as the SHA256 instance (<see cref="Sha256PerThread"/>) is per thread.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data"></param>
+    /// <param name="salt"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    private static byte[] ComputeSaltedSha256Hash(string data, byte[] salt) {
+        var dataBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
+        var buf = new byte[data.Length + salt.Length];
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(dataBytes, 0, buf, 0, dataBytes.Length);
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(salt, 0, buf, dataBytes.Length, salt.Length);
+        return Sha256PerThread.ComputeHash(buf);
     }
 
-    private byte[] EncryptAdditionalData(string pwd, byte[] salt, T data) {
+    private byte[] EncryptExtraData(string pwd, byte[] salt, TExtraData extraData) {
         var pbkdf2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pwd), salt, config.PBKDF2_ITERATIONS, HashAlgorithmName.SHA256);
         var key = pbkdf2.GetBytes(config.KEY_LENGTH / 8);
 
-        var plainBytes = DataSerializer(data);
+        var plainBytes = DataSerializer(extraData);
         using var aes = Aes.Create();
         aes.KeySize = config.KEY_LENGTH;
         aes.Key = key;
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ public class LoginProvider<T> {
         return encryptedBytes;
     }
 
-    private T DecryptAdditionalData(string pwd, byte[] salt, byte[] encryptedData) {
+    private TExtraData DecryptExtraData(string pwd, byte[] salt, byte[] encryptedData) {
         var pbkdf2 = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pwd), salt, config.PBKDF2_ITERATIONS, HashAlgorithmName.SHA256);
         var key = pbkdf2.GetBytes(config.KEY_LENGTH / 8);
 
diff --git a/SimpleHttpServer/SimpleHttpServer.csproj b/SimpleHttpServer/SimpleHttpServer.csproj
index 503f789..51eb283 100644
--- a/SimpleHttpServer/SimpleHttpServer.csproj
+++ b/SimpleHttpServer/SimpleHttpServer.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Konscious.Security.Cryptography.Argon2" Version="1.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>