diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomString.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomString.java
index 402743053..10926e114 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomString.java
@@ -8,18 +8,10 @@ import java.util.Random;
  */
 public final class RandomString {
 
-    private static final char[] chars = new char[36];
+    private static final String CHARS = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
     private static final Random RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
     private static final int HEX_MAX_INDEX = 16;
-
-    static {
-        for (int idx = 0; idx < 10; ++idx) {
-            chars[idx] = (char) ('0' + idx);
-        }
-        for (int idx = 10; idx < 36; ++idx) {
-            chars[idx] = (char) ('a' + idx - 10);
-        }
-    }
+    private static final int LOWER_ALPHANUMERIC_INDEX = 36;
 
     private RandomString() {
     }
@@ -31,7 +23,7 @@ public final class RandomString {
      * @return The random string
      */
     public static String generate(int length) {
-        return generate(length, chars.length);
+        return generate(length, LOWER_ALPHANUMERIC_INDEX);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,13 +37,24 @@ public final class RandomString {
         return generate(length, HEX_MAX_INDEX);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generate a random string with digits and lowercase and uppercase letters. The result of this
+     * method matches the pattern [0-9a-zA-Z].
+     *
+     * @param length The length of the random string to generate
+     * @return The random string
+     */
+    public static String generateLowerUpper(int length) {
+        return generate(length, CHARS.length());
+    }
+
     private static String generate(int length, int maxIndex) {
         if (length < 0) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Length must be positive but was " + length);
         }
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(length);
         for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
-            sb.append(chars[RANDOM.nextInt(maxIndex)]);
+            sb.append(CHARS.charAt(RANDOM.nextInt(maxIndex)));
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4.java
index 515901bc2..e54bcd038 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4.java
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 package fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts;
 
 import fr.xephi.authme.ConsoleLogger;
+import fr.xephi.authme.security.RandomString;
 import fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts.description.HasSalt;
 import fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts.description.Recommendation;
 import fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts.description.SaltType;
 import fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts.description.Usage;
 import fr.xephi.authme.util.StringUtils;
 
-import java.security.SecureRandom;
-
 
+/**
+ * Implementation for IPB4 (Invision Power Board 4).
+ * <p>
+ * The hash uses standard BCrypt with 13 as log<sub>2</sub> number of rounds. Additionally,
+ * IPB4 requires that the salt be stored additionally in the column "members_pass_hash"
+ * (even though BCrypt hashes already have the salt in the result).
+ */
 @Recommendation(Usage.DOES_NOT_WORK)
-@HasSalt(value = SaltType.TEXT)
+@HasSalt(value = SaltType.TEXT, length = 22)
 public class IPB4 implements EncryptionMethod {
-    private SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom();
 
     @Override
     public String computeHash(String password, String salt, String name) {
@@ -38,16 +43,7 @@ public class IPB4 implements EncryptionMethod {
 
     @Override
     public String generateSalt() {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(22);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 22; i++) {
-            char chr;
-            do {
-                chr = (char) (random.nextInt((122 - 48) + 1) + 48);
-            }
-            while ((chr >= 58 && chr <= 64) || (chr >= 91 && chr <= 96));
-            sb.append(chr);
-        }
-        return sb.toString();
+        return RandomString.generateLowerUpper(22);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomStringTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomStringTest.java
index 938f095cd..71ea587c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomStringTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/RandomStringTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ public class RandomStringTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldGenerateRandomLowerUpperString() {
+        // given
+        int[] lengths = {0, 1, 17, 143, 1808};
+        Pattern badChars = Pattern.compile(".*[^0-9a-zA-Z].*");
+
+        // when / then
+        for (int length : lengths) {
+            String result = RandomString.generateHex(length);
+            assertThat("Result '" + result + "' should have length " + length,
+                result.length(), equalTo(length));
+            assertThat("Result '" + result + "' should only have characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9",
+                badChars.matcher(result).matches(), equalTo(false));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
     public void shouldThrowForInvalidLength() {
         // given/when
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4Test.java b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4Test.java
index 400a266b8..58c6f5704 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/security/crypts/IPB4Test.java
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 package fr.xephi.authme.security.crypts;
 
+import fr.xephi.authme.ConsoleLoggerTestInitializer;
 import fr.xephi.authme.util.WrapperMock;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
+/**
+ * Test for {@link IPB4}.
+ */
 public class IPB4Test extends AbstractEncryptionMethodTest {
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpSettings() {
         WrapperMock.createInstance();
+        ConsoleLoggerTestInitializer.setupLogger();
     }
 
     public IPB4Test() {