diff --git a/extra/build.conf.sample b/extra/build.conf.sample
index 6c1af17..63c7acf 100644
--- a/extra/build.conf.sample
+++ b/extra/build.conf.sample
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ LOGFILE="${BASEDIR}/logs/$(date +%s)"
 # What should the regular username be? (Automatically logged in on boot)
 REGUSR="${UXNAME}"
 
+# Should the REGUSR have a password? IF THIS IS NOT SET, THE PASSWORD WILL BE BLANK!
+# Do NOT use a plaintext password here. You will need to generate a salted and hashed string
+# in a shadow-compatible format.
+# Debian can do this with the mkpasswd utility (it's in Arch's AUR as debian-whois-mkpasswd):
+# mkpasswd --method=sha-512 --salt=aBcDeFgHiJ PASSWORD
+# (If a salt is not provided, one will be automatically generated. That is is the suggested method.)
+# Or perl:
+# perl -e 'print crypt("PASSWORD","\$6\$aBcDeFgHiJ\$") . "\n"'
+# Or python:
+# python -c "import crypt, getpass, pwd; print crypt.crypt('PASSWORD', '\$6\$aBcDeFgHiJ\$')"
+# Or grub-crypt, even:
+# /sbin/grub-crypt --sha-512
+# The end-product should look something like this:
+# $6$aBcDeFgHiJ$Yh342vFH7MOjPNu9InFymD1Dd42i5cFsr1cTWdpKGNIkbRGR/ZKQDRPJ1ZeeGb7y894Tfh3iWZIJKu3phlsqQ1
+REGUSR_PASS=""
+
 # Do we have enough horsepower on the build system to jack up the resources we throw at building?
 # Enabling this will give absolute CPU preference to building the kernels and do make-time
 # enhancements/optimizations (i.e. use the maximum number of CPU cores detected).
diff --git a/lib/07-will_it_blend.func.sh b/lib/07-will_it_blend.func.sh
index c0d893f..1cc30e6 100644
--- a/lib/07-will_it_blend.func.sh
+++ b/lib/07-will_it_blend.func.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function will_it_blend () {
 
   if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
   then
-    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n "-19" '
+    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '
   else
     RACECAR_CHK=""
   fi
diff --git a/lib/08-stuffy.func.sh b/lib/08-stuffy.func.sh
index ff33b43..3bdd896 100644
--- a/lib/08-stuffy.func.sh
+++ b/lib/08-stuffy.func.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function stuffy {
 
   if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
   then
-    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n "-19" '
+    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '
   else
     RACECAR_CHK=""
   fi
diff --git a/lib/09-yo_dj.func.sh b/lib/09-yo_dj.func.sh
index 0295ba6..749ce83 100644
--- a/lib/09-yo_dj.func.sh
+++ b/lib/09-yo_dj.func.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function yo_dj () {
 
   if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
   then
-    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n "-19" '
+    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '
   else
     RACECAR_CHK=""
   fi
diff --git a/lib/10-mentos.func.sh b/lib/10-mentos.func.sh
index f5f47b5..13a9d30 100644
--- a/lib/10-mentos.func.sh
+++ b/lib/10-mentos.func.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function mentos {
 
  if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
  then
-   RACECAR_CHK='nice -n "-19" '
+   RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '
  else
    RACECAR_CHK=""
  fi
diff --git a/lib/mk.chroot.sh b/lib/mk.chroot.sh
index 5a5f738..19978ed 100755
--- a/lib/mk.chroot.sh
+++ b/lib/mk.chroot.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ EOF
     set +e
     ${CHROOTCMD} ${i}/ bash -c "yaourt -S --needed --noconfirm linux" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
     set -e
+    #${CHROOTCMD} ${i}/ bash -c "yaourt -S --needed --noconfirm debian-whois-mkpasswd" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
     for x in $(find ${i}/etc/ -type f -iname "*.pacorig");do mv -f ${x} ${x%%.pacorig} ; done
     echo -n "Regular packages..."
     set +e
@@ -208,6 +209,10 @@ EOF
     ${CHROOTCMD} ${i}/ passwd -d ${REGUSR} >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
     mkdir -p ${i}/etc/sudoers.d ; chmod 750 ${i}/etc/sudoers.d
     echo "${REGUSR} ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> ${i}/etc/sudoers.d/${REGUSR}
+    if [ -n "${REGUSR_PASS}" ];
+    then
+      ${CHROOTCMD} ${i}/ echo "${REGUSR}:${REGUSR_PASS}" | chpasswd -e 
+    fi
     echo "Done."
  done