diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index d9b9bc0..e294639 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -830,11 +832,17 @@ func filterStringSlice(s []string, excludedStr string) []string {
 }
 
 func GetDBUserCRC32(dbuser model.User) uint32 {
-	var isAdmin byte = 0
-	if dbuser.Admin {
-		isAdmin = 1
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
+	if err := enc.Encode(dbuser); err != nil {
+		// Should be unreachable, fallback for the case
+		var isAdmin byte = 0
+		if dbuser.Admin {
+			isAdmin = 1
+		}
+		return crc32.ChecksumIEEE(ConcatMultipleSlices([]byte(dbuser.Username), []byte{isAdmin}, []byte(dbuser.PasswordHash), []byte(dbuser.Password)))
 	}
-	return crc32.ChecksumIEEE(ConcatMultipleSlices([]byte(dbuser.Username), []byte{isAdmin}, []byte(dbuser.PasswordHash), []byte(dbuser.Password)))
+	return crc32.ChecksumIEEE(buf.Bytes())
 }
 
 func ConcatMultipleSlices(slices ...[]byte) []byte {