diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 8d7179dbae..c02b221ec8 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "3.2.44",
+  "version": "3.2.45",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "concurrency": 20,
   "command": {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts
index 5c7d7ec81d..9692b095a8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/connections.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import env from "../../environment"
 
-export const getCouchInfo = (connection?: string) => {
+export const getCouchInfo = (connection?: string | null) => {
   // clean out any auth credentials
   const urlInfo = getUrlInfo(connection)
   let username
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const getCouchInfo = (connection?: string) => {
   }
 }
 
-export const getUrlInfo = (url = env.COUCH_DB_URL) => {
+export const getUrlInfo = (url: string | null = env.COUCH_DB_URL) => {
   let cleanUrl, username, password, host
   if (url) {
     // Ensure the URL starts with a protocol
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.js b/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.js
rename to packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.ts
index f0abc82240..21632cff88 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/tests/pouch.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require("../../../tests")
-const getUrlInfo = require("../couch").getUrlInfo
+
+import { getUrlInfo } from "../couch"
 
 describe("pouch", () => {
   describe("Couch DB URL parsing", () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 5a6907faa0..334f1efdd4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -1172,20 +1172,22 @@ class InternalBuilder {
           nulls = value.direction === SortOrder.ASCENDING ? "first" : "last"
         }
 
+        const composite = `${aliased}.${key}`
+        let identifier
+
         if (this.isAggregateField(key)) {
-          query = query.orderBy(key, direction, nulls)
+          identifier = this.rawQuotedIdentifier(key)
+        } else if (this.client === SqlClient.ORACLE) {
+          identifier = this.convertClobs(composite)
         } else {
-          let composite = `${aliased}.${key}`
-          if (this.client === SqlClient.ORACLE) {
-            query = query.orderByRaw(`?? ?? nulls ??`, [
-              this.convertClobs(composite),
-              this.knex.raw(direction),
-              this.knex.raw(nulls as string),
-            ])
-          } else {
-            query = query.orderBy(composite, direction, nulls)
-          }
+          identifier = this.rawQuotedIdentifier(composite)
         }
+
+        query = query.orderByRaw(`?? ?? ${nulls ? "nulls ??" : ""}`, [
+          identifier,
+          this.knex.raw(direction),
+          ...(nulls ? [this.knex.raw(nulls as string)] : []),
+        ])
       }
     }
 
@@ -1344,14 +1346,16 @@ class InternalBuilder {
 
       // add the correlation to the overall query
       subQuery = subQuery.where(
-        correlatedTo,
+        this.rawQuotedIdentifier(correlatedTo),
         "=",
         this.rawQuotedIdentifier(correlatedFrom)
       )
 
       const standardWrap = (select: Knex.Raw): Knex.QueryBuilder => {
         subQuery = subQuery
-          .select(relationshipFields)
+          .select(
+            relationshipFields.map(field => this.rawQuotedIdentifier(field))
+          )
           .limit(getRelationshipLimit())
         // @ts-ignore - the from alias syntax isn't in Knex typing
         return knex.select(select).from({
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.js b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.js
rename to packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.ts
index dde0d87fb7..b14f553266 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.js
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/users/users.spec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-const _ = require("lodash/fp")
-const { structures } = require("../../../tests")
+import { range } from "lodash/fp"
+import { structures } from "../.."
 
 jest.mock("../../../src/context")
 jest.mock("../../../src/db")
 
-const context = require("../../../src/context")
-const db = require("../../../src/db")
+import * as context from "../../../src/context"
+import * as db from "../../../src/db"
 
-const { getCreatorCount } = require("../../../src/users/users")
+import { getCreatorCount } from "../../../src/users/users"
 
 describe("Users", () => {
-  let getGlobalDBMock
-  let paginationMock
+  let getGlobalDBMock: jest.SpyInstance
+  let paginationMock: jest.SpyInstance
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks()
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ describe("Users", () => {
     jest.spyOn(db, "getGlobalUserParams")
   })
 
-  it("Retrieves the number of creators", async () => {
-    const getUsers = (offset, limit, creators = false) => {
-      const range = _.range(offset, limit)
+  it("retrieves the number of creators", async () => {
+    const getUsers = (offset: number, limit: number, creators = false) => {
       const opts = creators ? { builder: { global: true } } : undefined
-      return range.map(() => structures.users.user(opts))
+      return range(offset, limit).map(() => structures.users.user(opts))
     }
     const page1Data = getUsers(0, 8)
     const page2Data = getUsers(8, 12, true)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index db5fcbaebb..576f0bb663 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -3650,6 +3650,51 @@ if (descriptions.length) {
         })
       })
 
+      if (isInternal || isMSSQL) {
+        describe("Fields with spaces", () => {
+          let table: Table
+          let otherTable: Table
+          let relatedRow: Row
+
+          beforeAll(async () => {
+            otherTable = await config.api.table.save(defaultTable())
+            table = await config.api.table.save(
+              saveTableRequest({
+                schema: {
+                  links: {
+                    name: "links",
+                    fieldName: "links",
+                    type: FieldType.LINK,
+                    tableId: otherTable._id!,
+                    relationshipType: RelationshipType.ONE_TO_MANY,
+                  },
+                  "nameWithSpace ": {
+                    name: "nameWithSpace ",
+                    type: FieldType.STRING,
+                  },
+                },
+              })
+            )
+            relatedRow = await config.api.row.save(otherTable._id!, {
+              name: generator.word(),
+              description: generator.paragraph(),
+            })
+            await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
+              "nameWithSpace ": generator.word(),
+              tableId: table._id!,
+              links: [relatedRow._id],
+            })
+          })
+
+          it("Successfully returns rows that have spaces in their field names", async () => {
+            const { rows } = await config.api.row.search(table._id!)
+            expect(rows.length).toBe(1)
+            const row = rows[0]
+            expect(row["nameWithSpace "]).toBeDefined()
+          })
+        })
+      }
+
       if (!isInternal && !isOracle) {
         describe("bigint ids", () => {
           let table1: Table, table2: Table
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
index 477813239b..8548d57f15 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/microsoftSqlServer.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ class SqlServerIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
           encrypt,
           enableArithAbort: true,
           requestTimeout: env.QUERY_THREAD_TIMEOUT,
+          connectTimeout: env.QUERY_THREAD_TIMEOUT,
         },
       }
       if (encrypt) {