diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf62121..85e886c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Add the following to your `config.php`:
                     2 => 'dbuser',
                     3 => 'dbuserpassword',
                     4 => 'xmppdomain',
-		    5 => true,
+                    5 => true,
                 ),
             ),
     ),
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ Add the following to your `config.php`:
 4 - XMPP Domain
 5 - Hashed Passwords in Database (true) / Plaintext Passwords in Database (false)
 
+**⚠⚠ Warning:** If you need to set *5 (Hashed Password in Database)* to false, your Prosody Instance is storing passwords in plaintext. This is insecure and not recommended. We highly recommend that you change your Prosody configuration to protect the passwords of your Prosody users. ⚠⚠
+
+
 Alternatives
 ------------
 Other extensions allow connecting to external user databases directly via SQL, which may be faster:
diff --git a/lib/xmpp.php b/lib/xmpp.php
index 7e718a7..3d787ce 100644
--- a/lib/xmpp.php
+++ b/lib/xmpp.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class OC_User_XMPP extends \OCA\user_external\Base {
 	private $xmppDomain;
 	private $passwordHashed;
 
-	public function __construct($host, $xmppDb, $xmppDbUser, $xmppDbPassword, $xmppDomain, $passwordHashed) {
+	public function __construct($host, $xmppDb, $xmppDbUser, $xmppDbPassword, $xmppDomain, $passwordHashed = true) {
 		parent::__construct($host);
 		$this->host = $host;
 		$this->xmppDb = $xmppDb;