--- conf/server.xml.orig        2016-12-04 18:52:12.000000000 -0500
+++ conf/server.xml     2016-12-04 18:51:55.000000000 -0500
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@
               that are performed against this UserDatabase are immediately
               available for use by the Realm.  -->
          <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
-                resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
+                resourceName="UserDatabase"
+                digest="sha-256"/>
        </Realm>

        <Host name="localhost"  appBase="webapps"