diff --git a/app/__test__/api/DataApi.spec.ts b/app/__test__/api/DataApi.spec.ts
index c6bb3df..51786ca 100644
--- a/app/__test__/api/DataApi.spec.ts
+++ b/app/__test__/api/DataApi.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { DataApi } from "../../src/data/api/DataApi";
 import { DataController } from "../../src/data/api/DataController";
 import { dataConfigSchema } from "../../src/data/data-schema";
 import * as proto from "../../src/data/prototype";
-import { disableConsoleLog, enableConsoleLog, schemaToEm } from "../helper";
+import { schemaToEm } from "../helper";
+import { disableConsoleLog, enableConsoleLog } from "core/utils/test";
 
 beforeAll(disableConsoleLog);
 afterAll(enableConsoleLog);
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ describe("DataApi", () => {
          const res = await req;
          expect(res.data).toEqual(payload as any);
       }
+
+      {
+         // make sure sort is working
+         const req = await api.readMany("posts", {
+            select: ["title"],
+            sort: "-id",
+         });
+         expect(req.data).toEqual(payload.reverse() as any);
+      }
    });
 
    it("updates many", async () => {
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 0ddd590..c3d2f55 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "bin": "./dist/cli/index.js",
-  "version": "0.11.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.11.0-rc.2",
   "description": "Lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative built to run anywhere — incl. Next.js, React Router, Astro, Cloudflare, Bun, Node, AWS Lambda & more.",
   "homepage": "https://bknd.io",
   "repository": {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json --emitDeclarationOnly && tsc-alias",
     "updater": "bun x npm-check-updates -ui",
     "cli": "LOCAL=1 bun src/cli/index.ts",
-    "prepublishOnly": "bun run types && bun run test && bun run build:all && cp ../README.md ./",
+    "prepublishOnly": "bun run types && bun run test && bun run test:node && bun run build:all && cp ../README.md ./",
     "postpublish": "rm -f README.md"
   },
   "license": "FSL-1.1-MIT",
diff --git a/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts b/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
index 83e64ce..dcd0994 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Permission } from "core";
+import { $console, type Permission } from "core";
 import { patternMatch } from "core/utils";
 import type { Context } from "hono";
 import { createMiddleware } from "hono/factory";
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const auth = (options?: {
       // make sure to only register once
       if (authCtx.registered) {
          skipped = true;
-         console.warn(`auth middleware already registered for ${getPath(c)}`);
+         $console.warn(`auth middleware already registered for ${getPath(c)}`);
       } else {
          authCtx.registered = true;
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const permission = (
          if (app?.module.auth.enabled) {
             throw new Error(msg);
          } else {
-            console.warn(msg);
+            $console.warn(msg);
          }
       } else if (!authCtx.skip) {
          const guard = app.modules.ctx().guard;
diff --git a/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx b/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
index 0312177..59bf859 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ const Skeleton = ({ theme }: { theme?: any }) => {
                   <Logo theme={actualTheme} />
                </div>
                <nav className="hidden md:flex flex-row gap-2.5 pl-0 p-2.5 items-center">
-                  {[...new Array(5)].map((item, key) => (
+                  {[...new Array(4)].map((item, key) => (
                      <AppShell.NavLink key={key} as="span" className="active h-full opacity-50">
-                        <div className="w-10 h-3" />
+                        <div className="w-18 h-3" />
                      </AppShell.NavLink>
                   ))}
                </nav>
-               <nav className="flex md:hidden flex-row items-center">
+               <nav className="flex md:hidden flex-row gap-2.5 pl-0 p-2.5 items-center">
                   <AppShell.NavLink as="span" className="active h-full opacity-50">
-                     <div className="w-10 h-3" />
+                     <div className="w-20 h-3" />
                   </AppShell.NavLink>
                </nav>
                <div className="flex flex-grow" />
diff --git a/app/src/ui/elements/auth/AuthForm.tsx b/app/src/ui/elements/auth/AuthForm.tsx
index 7404aa2..02d6706 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/elements/auth/AuthForm.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/elements/auth/AuthForm.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Form } from "json-schema-form-react";
 import { transform } from "lodash-es";
 import type { ComponentPropsWithoutRef } from "react";
 import { Button } from "ui/components/buttons/Button";
-import { Group, Input, Label } from "ui/components/form/Formy/components";
+import { Group, Input, Password, Label } from "ui/components/form/Formy/components";
 import { SocialLink } from "./SocialLink";
 import type { ValueError } from "@sinclair/typebox/value";
 import { type TSchema, Value } from "core/utils";
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export function AuthForm({
                   </Group>
                   <Group>
                      <Label htmlFor="password">Password</Label>
-                     <Input type="password" name="password" />
+                     <Password name="password" />
                   </Group>
 
                   <Button