diff --git a/autoProcess/migratecfg.py b/autoProcess/migratecfg.py
index 8bacc4d3..02c18912 100644
--- a/autoProcess/migratecfg.py
+++ b/autoProcess/migratecfg.py
@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ def migrate():
         option, value = item
         confignew.set(section, option, value)
 
+    section = "passwords"
+    original = []
+    try:
+        original = configold.items(section)
+    except:
+        pass
+    for item in original:
+        option, value = item
+        confignew.set(section, option, value)
+
     section = "loggers"
     original = []
     try:
@@ -246,9 +256,10 @@ def migrate():
             os.unlink(backupname)
         os.rename(configFilenameold, backupname)
 
-    # rename our newly edited autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample to autoProcessMedia.cfg
-    os.rename(configFilenamenew, configFilenameold)
-    return
+    if os.path.isfile(configFilenamenew):
+        # rename our newly edited autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample to autoProcessMedia.cfg
+        os.rename(configFilenamenew, configFilenameold)
+        return
 
 def addnzbget():
     confignew = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
diff --git a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample
index 735a45bd..ae596deb 100644
--- a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample
+++ b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.sample
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ delay = 120
 #Set convert =1 if you want to convert any "foreign" characters to ASCII before passing to SB/CP etc. Default is disabled (0).
 convert = 0
 
+[passwords]
+#Set a list of passwords to be used for extraction attempts. e.g
+#password1 = password
+#password2 = secret
+
 # Logging configuration
 [loggers]
 keys = root
diff --git a/extractor/extractor.py b/extractor/extractor.py
index 8044684a..de312d20 100644
--- a/extractor/extractor.py
+++ b/extractor/extractor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
+import ConfigParser
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),'autoProcess/'))
 import logging
 from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
@@ -122,7 +123,28 @@ def extract(filePath, outputDestination):
         if res >= 0: # for windows chp returns process id if successful or -1*Error code. Linux returns 0 for successful.
             Logger.info("EXTRACTOR: Extraction was successful for %s to %s", filePath, outputDestination)
         else:
-            Logger.error("EXTRACTOR: Extraction failed for %s. 7zip result was %s", filePath, res)
+            Logger.info("EXTRACTOR: Attempting to extract with passwords")
+            pass_success = int(0)
+            passwords = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+            passwordsfile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), 'autoProcessMedia.cfg')
+            passwords.read(passwordsfile)
+            passwordslist = passwords.items('passwords')
+            for item in passwordslist:
+                option, password = item
+                cmd2 = cmd
+                #append password here.
+                passcmd = "-p" + password
+                cmd2.append(passcmd)
+                p = Popen(cmd2) # should extract files fine.
+                res = p.wait()
+                if res >= 0: # for windows chp returns process id if successful or -1*Error code. Linux returns 0 for successful.
+                    Logger.info("EXTRACTOR: Extraction was successful for %s to %s", filePath, outputDestination)
+                    pass_success = int(1)
+                    break
+                else:
+                    continue
+            if pass_success == int(0):
+                Logger.error("EXTRACTOR: Extraction failed for %s. 7zip result was %s", filePath, res)
     except:
         Logger.exception("EXTRACTOR: Extraction failed for %s. Could not call command %s", filePath, cmd)
     os.chdir(pwd) # Go back to our Original Working Directory