user = User.objects.get(username=username)

          passed_hash = hashlib.md5()
          passed_hash.update(password)

          saved_hash = hashlib.md5()
          saved_hash.update(user.get_profile().password)

          if user.get_profile().password == password or saved_hash.hexdigest() == password or passed_hash.hexdigest() == user.get_profile().password:
              return user