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/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) {