diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index 11286678d..99e00f6da 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -799,12 +799,13 @@ the password, and to encrypt/decrypt a block of text
 $tw.utils.Crypto = function() {
 	var sjcl = $tw.node ? (global.sjcl || require("./sjcl.js")) : window.sjcl,
 		currentPassword = null,
-		callSjcl = function(method,inputText,password) {
+		callSjcl = function(method,inputText,password,options) {
+			options = options || {};
 			password = password || currentPassword;
 			var outputText;
 			try {
 				if(password) {
-					outputText = sjcl[method](password,inputText);
+					outputText = sjcl[method](password,inputText,options);
 				}
 			} catch(ex) {
 				console.log("Crypto error:" + ex);
@@ -830,7 +831,8 @@ $tw.utils.Crypto = function() {
 		return !!currentPassword;
 	}
 	this.encrypt = function(text,password) {
-		return callSjcl("encrypt",text,password);
+		// set default ks:256 -- see: http://bitwiseshiftleft.github.io/sjcl/doc/convenience.js.html
+		return callSjcl("encrypt",text,password,{v:1,iter:10000,ks:256,ts:64,mode:"ccm",adata:"",cipher:"aes"});
 	};
 	this.decrypt = function(text,password) {
 		return callSjcl("decrypt",text,password);