diff --git a/cadetrdm/batch_runner.py b/cadetrdm/batch_runner.py
index 97fe258e2cf346fdb27d13aa1ba188648cc398b1..434050c2e2cd58b7ef95c255a1c55292af6ed193 100644
--- a/cadetrdm/batch_runner.py
+++ b/cadetrdm/batch_runner.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Case:
         output_log = self.study.output_log
         for log_entry in output_log:
             if (self.study.current_commit_hash == log_entry.project_repo_commit_hash
-                    and str(hash(self.options)) == log_entry.options_hash):
+                    and self.options.hash == log_entry.options_hash):
                 return True
 
         return False
diff --git a/cadetrdm/configuration_options.py b/cadetrdm/configuration_options.py
index 196bedcb0e391e6c836236012592caf5250a9997..953d4f7e30bde4b64a974e4bb590dc9b14ce7e31 100644
--- a/cadetrdm/configuration_options.py
+++ b/cadetrdm/configuration_options.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class Options(benedict):
     def load_json_str(cls, string, **loader_kwargs):
         return cls.loads(string)
 
-    def __hash__(self, excluded_keys=None):
+    @property
+    def hash(self):
         excluded_keys = {"commit_message", "push", "debug"}
         remaining_keys = set(self.keys()) - excluded_keys
         remaining_dict = {key: self[key] for key in remaining_keys}
@@ -69,7 +70,32 @@ class Options(benedict):
             indent=None,
             separators=(',', ':'),
         )
-        return int(hashlib.md5(dump.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(), 16)
+
+        hash_alphabet = "abcdefghjkmnpqrstvwxyz0123456789"
+        hash_base = len(hash_alphabet)
+
+        def to_base(number, base):
+            result = ""
+            while number:
+                result += hash_alphabet[number % base]
+                number //= base
+            return result[::-1] or "0"
+
+        base_16_hash = hashlib.sha1(dump.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+        base_10_hash = int(base_16_hash, 16)
+        base_32_hash = to_base(base_10_hash, hash_base)
+
+        return base_32_hash
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Options):
+            try:
+                other = Options(other)
+            except TypeError:
+                print(f"TypeError when casting {other} to Options()")
+                return NotImplemented
+
+        return self.hash == other.hash
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/cadetrdm/wrapper.py b/cadetrdm/wrapper.py
index 5b34c1a0b3849aa385478411f1627ae1b009149f..a803e3ee99f279d8aad2f3473f2098a3c072477e 100644
--- a/cadetrdm/wrapper.py
+++ b/cadetrdm/wrapper.py
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ def tracks_results(func):
             if key not in options or options[key] is None:
                 raise ValueError(f"Key {key} not found in options. Please supply options.{key}")
 
-        if hash(options) != hash(Options.load_json_str(options.dump_json_str())):
+        if options.hash != Options.load_json_str(options.dump_json_str()).hash:
             raise ValueError("Options are not serializable. Please only use python natives and numpy ndarrays.")
 
         project_repo = ProjectRepo(repo_path)
 
-        project_repo.options_hash = hash(options)
+        project_repo.options_hash = options.hash
 
         with project_repo.track_results(
                 options.commit_message,
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration_options.py b/tests/test_configuration_options.py
index ae0e87a3026e1b612fd8938b206b81ae14da32af..8ce7a7a51a53388061ebebf82f7e31cf4856f74d 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration_options.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration_options.py
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ def test_options_hash():
     opt = Options()
     opt["array"] = np.linspace(2, 200)
     opt["nested_dict"] = {"ba": "foo", "bb": "bar"}
-    initial_hash = hash(opt)
+    initial_hash = opt.hash
     s = opt.dumps()
     opt_recovered = Options.loads(s)
-    post_serialization_hash = hash(opt_recovered)
+    post_serialization_hash = opt_recovered.hash
     assert initial_hash == post_serialization_hash
+    assert opt == opt_recovered
 
 
 def test_options_file_io():
     opt = Options()
     opt["array"] = np.linspace(0, 2, 200)
     opt["nested_dict"] = {"ba": "foo", "bb": "bar"}
-    initial_hash = hash(opt)
+    initial_hash = opt.hash
     opt.dump_json_file("options.json")
     opt_recovered = Options.load_json_file("options.json")
-    post_serialization_hash = hash(opt_recovered)
+    post_serialization_hash = opt_recovered.hash
     assert initial_hash == post_serialization_hash
+    assert opt == opt_recovered