diff --git a/helpers/captchagenerate.js b/helpers/captchagenerate.js
index 7b7cb8f8..c66b8d17 100644
--- a/helpers/captchagenerate.js
+++ b/helpers/captchagenerate.js
@@ -17,16 +17,30 @@ module.exports = (text, captchaId) => {
 		text = text.split(''); //array of chars
 		const x = gm(200, 80, '#fff')
 		.fill('#000')
-		.fontSize(80)
+		.fontSize(70)
+		let lastx = 0;
 		for (let i = 0; i <6; i++) {
-			x.drawText(i*30, 55+rr(0,10), text[i])
-		}
-		for (let i = 0; i <4; i++) {
-			const shape = getShape();
-			x.strokeWidth(rr(3, 5))
-			x.drawCircle(shape.x1, shape.y1, shape.x2, shape.y1)
+			x.drawText(lastx, 50+rr(0,10), text[i])
+			switch (text[i]) {
+				case 'w':
+				case 'm':
+					lastx += 40;
+					break;
+				case 'i':
+				case 'f':
+				case 'l':
+				case 'j':
+				case 't':
+					lastx += 15;
+					break;
+				default:
+					lastx += 30;
+					break;
+			}
 		}
-		x.wave(10, rr(50,80))
+		const recy1 = rr(30,50)
+		x.drawRectangle(rr(5,10), recy1, rr(190,195), recy1+5)
+		.wave(10, rr(80,120))
 		.blur(1, 2)
 		.crop(200, 80, 0, 0)
 		.quality(30)
diff --git a/models/pages/captcha.js b/models/pages/captcha.js
index ef35b636..abbc84d8 100644
--- a/models/pages/captcha.js
+++ b/models/pages/captcha.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const crypto = require('crypto')
+const { randomBytes } = require('crypto')
 	, Captchas = require(__dirname+'/../../db/captchas.js')
 	, generateCaptcha = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/captchagenerate.js');
 
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 
 	// if we got here, they dont have a cookie so we need to
 	// gen a captcha, set their cookie and redirect to the captcha
-	const text = crypto.randomBytes(20).toString('hex').substring(0,6);
 	let captchaId;
 	try {
+//		const text = await randomBytes(3).toString('hex').substring(0,6);
+		const text = Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,6);
 		captchaId = await Captchas.insertOne(text).then(r => r.insertedId); //get id of document as filename and captchaid
 		await generateCaptcha(text, captchaId);
 	} catch (err) {