diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a377e1b..61335d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 logs/*.log.txt
 logs/*.srv.txt
 logs/*.tck.txt
+logs/*.captcha.txt
 config/user-*.json
 php_errors.log
diff --git a/action.php b/action.php
index cb3830d..e9f7652 100644
--- a/action.php
+++ b/action.php
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class action_plugin_botmon extends DokuWiki_Action_Plugin {
 		$today = substr((new DateTime())->format('c'), 0, 10);
 
 		$raw = $this->getConf('captchaSeed') . '|' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . '|' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . '|' . $today;
-		$expected = hash('sha256', $raw);
+		$expected = $raw; //hash('sha256', $raw);
 
 		// for debugging: write captcha data to the log:
 		$this->writeCaptchaLog($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $cookieVal, $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], $expected);
diff --git a/captcha.js b/captcha.js
index 778cef6..4ff05c0 100644
--- a/captcha.js
+++ b/captcha.js
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ const $BMCaptcha = {
 					document._botmon.ip || '0.0.0.0',
 					(new Date()).toISOString().substring(0, 10)
 				];
-				if ($BMCaptcha._st - performance.now() >= 0) dat.push($BMCaptcha._st - performance.now());
-				const hash = $BMCaptcha.digest.hash(dat.join('|'));
+				//if ($BMCaptcha._st - performance.now() >= 0) dat.push($BMCaptcha._st - performance.now());
+				const hash = /*$BMCaptcha.digest.hash(*/dat.join('|')/*)*/;
 
 				// set the cookie:
 				document.cookie = "DWConfirm=" + encodeURIComponent(hash) + ';path=/;hostOnly;session;sameSite=strict;'