diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index be91c60..7646286 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ function createWindow(status, hideLoadingWindow) {
 					firstLoginPH: null,
 					secondaryLoginPH: null,
 				};
-
 				mainWindow.nnVoteChain = 'VOTE2018';
+				mainWindow.checkStringEntropy = shepherd.checkStringEntropy;
 
 			  /*for (let i = 0; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
 			    if (process.argv[i].indexOf('nvote') > -1) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a05927e..eadb790 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "js-sha256": "^0.7.1",
     "marketmaker": "git://github.com/pbca26/marketmaker",
     "nodejs-aes256": "^1.0.1",
+    "passwd-strength": "https://github.com/pbca26/passwd-strength",
     "portscanner": "^2.1.1",
     "ps-node": "^0.1.5",
     "remote-file-size": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/routes/appConfig.js b/routes/appConfig.js
index fcfeb60..2cb85c6 100644
--- a/routes/appConfig.js
+++ b/routes/appConfig.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const appConfig = {
     experimentalFeatures: {
       display: true,
       initDisplay: true,
-      displayName: 'Enable experimental features',
+      displayName: 'Enable advanced features',
       type: 'boolean',
     },
     dataDir: {
diff --git a/routes/shepherd/auth.js b/routes/shepherd/auth.js
index 12c4aa6..9c1ff73 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/auth.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/auth.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const passwdStrength = require('passwd-strength');
+
 module.exports = (shepherd) => {
   /*
    *  type: GET
@@ -43,5 +45,10 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
     }
   };
 
+  shepherd.checkStringEntropy = (str) => {
+    // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4086#page-35
+    return passwdStrength(str) < 29 ? false : true;
+  };
+
   return shepherd;
 };
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diff --git a/routes/shepherd/electrum/merkle.js b/routes/shepherd/electrum/merkle.js
index 82a52c4..665e462 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/electrum/merkle.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/electrum/merkle.js
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
   });
 
   return shepherd;
-};
+};
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