diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
index f32e281..153f1ce 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <archive_entry.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <units.h>
 
 namespace OpenVulkano
 {
-	ArchiveWriter::ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger)
+	ArchiveWriter::ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger, const char* password)
 			: ArchiveBase(archive_write_new(), archive_entry_new(), logger)
 			, m_archiveConfig(archiveConfiguration)
 			, m_shouldCompress(&SimpleFileTypeShouldCompressChecker)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 			std::string level = "compression-level=" + std::to_string(archiveConfiguration.compressionLevel);
 			ChkErr(archive_write_set_options(m_archive, level.c_str()));
 		}
+		if (password) ChkErr(archive_write_set_passphrase(m_archive, password));
 		ChkErr(archive_write_open_filename(m_archive, fileName));
 	}
 
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
index f1540bc..d13afeb 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 		std::function<bool(const FileDescription&)> m_shouldCompress;
 
 	public:
-		ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr)
-				: ArchiveWriter(fileName, ArchiveConfiguration::FromFileName(fileName), logger)
+		ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr, const char* password = nullptr)
+				: ArchiveWriter(fileName, ArchiveConfiguration::FromFileName(fileName), logger, password)
 		{}
 
-		ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr);
+		ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr, const char* password = nullptr);
 
 		~ArchiveWriter() override;