diff --git a/application/models/User.php b/application/models/User.php
index 5d5c1573e0c..2b6118151b8 100644
--- a/application/models/User.php
+++ b/application/models/User.php
@@ -154,7 +154,16 @@ public static function insertUser($new_user, $new_pass,$new_full_name,$parent_us
         }
     }
 
-
+    public function beforeSave()
+    {
+         // Postgres delivers bytea fields as streams :-o - if this is not done it looks like Postgres saves something unexpected
+        if (gettype($this->password)=='resource')
+        {
+            $this->password=stream_get_contents($this->password); 
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
     /**
     * Delete user
     *