diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/dashboard/Sidebar/UserInfo.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/dashboard/Sidebar/UserInfo.vue
index bd5e878297..ae913e231e 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/dashboard/Sidebar/UserInfo.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/dashboard/Sidebar/UserInfo.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import GithubButton from 'vue-github-button'
+
 const { user, signOut, token, appInfo } = useGlobal()
 
 const { clearWorkspaces } = useWorkspace()
@@ -52,12 +53,22 @@ watch(leftSidebarState, () => {
     isMenuOpen.value = false
   }
 })
+
+// This is a hack to prevent github button error (prevents navigateTo if user is not signed in)
+const isMounted = ref(false)
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  isMounted.value = true
+})
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div class="nc-sidebar-userinfo flex w-full flex-col p-1 border-t-1 border-gray-200 gap-y-2">
+  <div class="flex w-full flex-col p-1 border-t-1 border-gray-200 gap-y-2">
     <NcDropdown v-model:visible="isMenuOpen" placement="topLeft" overlay-class-name="!min-w-64">
-      <div class="flex flex-row py-2 px-3 gap-x-2 items-center hover:bg-gray-200 rounded-lg cursor-pointer h-10">
+      <div
+        class="flex flex-row py-2 px-3 gap-x-2 items-center hover:bg-gray-200 rounded-lg cursor-pointer h-10"
+        data-testid="nc-sidebar-userinfo"
+      >
         <GeneralUserIcon />
         <div class="flex truncate">
           {{ name ? name : user?.email }}
@@ -130,7 +141,7 @@ watch(leftSidebarState, () => {
     </NcDropdown>
 
     <div v-if="appInfo.ee" class="text-gray-500 text-xs pl-3">© 2023 NocoDB. Inc</div>
-    <div v-else class="flex flex-col gap-y-1 pt-1">
+    <div v-else-if="isMounted" class="flex flex-col gap-y-1 pt-1">
       <div class="flex items-start flex-row justify-center px-2 gap-2">
         <GithubButton href="https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb" data-icon="octicon-star" data-show-count="true" data-size="large">
           Star
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/workspace/CreateProjectDlg.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/workspace/CreateProjectDlg.vue
index 8a5aa05504..70ef37e4fd 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/workspace/CreateProjectDlg.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/workspace/CreateProjectDlg.vue
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ watch(dialogShow, async (n, o) => {
 const typeLabel = computed(() => {
   switch (props.type) {
     case NcProjectType.DB:
-      return 'Database'
     default:
-      return ''
+      return 'Database'
   }
 })
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useGlobal/state.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
index c2ce69149e..2cfc57b4b3 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useGlobal/state.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ export function useGlobalState(storageKey = 'nocodb-gui-v2'): State {
   /** current token ref, used by `useJwt` to reactively parse our token payload */
   const token = computed({
     get: () => storage.value.token || '',
-    set: (val) => (storage.value.token = val),
+    set: (val) => {
+      storage.value.token = val
+    },
   })
 
   const config = useRuntimeConfig()
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/package-lock.json b/packages/nc-gui/package-lock.json
index 2f88224dae..6bd80b0ba3 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/package-lock.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         "vue-barcode-reader": "^1.0.3",
         "vue-chartjs": "^5.2.0",
         "vue-dompurify-html": "^3.0.0",
-        "vue-github-button": "^3.0.3",
+        "vue-github-button": "^3.1.0",
         "vue-i18n": "^9.2.2",
         "vue-qrcode-reader": "3.1.0-vue3-compatibility.2",
         "vue3-calendar-heatmap": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/package.json b/packages/nc-gui/package.json
index b7f9d423f2..8ca6674267 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/package.json
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "vue-barcode-reader": "^1.0.3",
     "vue-chartjs": "^5.2.0",
     "vue-dompurify-html": "^3.0.0",
-    "vue-github-button": "^3.0.3",
+    "vue-github-button": "^3.1.0",
     "vue-i18n": "^9.2.2",
     "vue-qrcode-reader": "3.1.0-vue3-compatibility.2",
     "vue3-calendar-heatmap": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/pages/index.vue b/packages/nc-gui/pages/index.vue
index b7e8001de4..e95b4cb0cf 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/pages/index.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/pages/index.vue
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const projectsStore = useProjects()
 
 const { populateWorkspace } = useWorkspace()
 
+const { signedIn } = useGlobal()
+
 const router = useRouter()
 
 const route = router.currentRoute
@@ -46,6 +48,17 @@ watch(
       return
     }
 
+    // avoid loading projects for shared base
+    if (route.value.params.typeOrId === 'base') {
+      await populateWorkspace()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (!signedIn.value) {
+      navigateTo('/signIn')
+      return
+    }
+
     // Load projects
     await populateWorkspace()
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/store/projects.ts b/packages/nc-gui/store/projects.ts
index e8cece67f7..d7db5c1cba 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/store/projects.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/store/projects.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export const useProjects = defineStore('projectsStore', () => {
     return basesMap
   })
 
-
   const workspaceStore = useWorkspace()
   const tableStore = useTablesStore()
 
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/store/workspace.ts b/packages/nc-gui/store/workspace.ts
index fcdf4862e7..62306d2803 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/store/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/store/workspace.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import type { ProjectType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import { acceptHMRUpdate, defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { message } from 'ant-design-vue'
 import { isString } from '@vue/shared'
-import { computed, navigateTo, ref, useCommandPalette, useNuxtApp, useRouter, useTheme } from '#imports'
+import { computed, navigateTo, ref, useCommandPalette, useNuxtApp, useProjects, useRouter, useTheme } from '#imports'
 import type { ThemeConfig } from '#imports'
 
 export const useWorkspace = defineStore('workspaceStore', () => {
   const projectsStore = useProjects()
-  const { clearProjects } = projectsStore
 
   const collaborators = ref<any[] | null>()
 
@@ -199,8 +198,8 @@ export const useWorkspace = defineStore('workspaceStore', () => {
     $e('c:themes:change')
   }
 
-  const clearWorkspaces = async () => {
-    await clearProjects()
+  async function clearWorkspaces() {
+    await projectsStore.clearProjects()
     workspaces.value.clear()
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json b/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
index c52851a0f2..36c3e2a559 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/nocodb/package-lock.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         "ncp": "^2.0.0",
         "nestjs-kafka": "^1.0.6",
         "nestjs-throttler-storage-redis": "^0.3.0",
-        "nocodb-sdk": "0.111.1",
+        "nocodb-sdk": "file:../nocodb-sdk",
         "nodemailer": "^6.4.10",
         "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
         "object-sizeof": "^2.6.1",
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@
     },
     "../nocodb-sdk": {
       "version": "0.111.1",
-      "extraneous": true,
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^0.21.1",
@@ -14383,13 +14382,8 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/nocodb-sdk": {
-      "version": "0.111.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nocodb-sdk/-/nocodb-sdk-0.111.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FS5wyWd3XkPtRkqjO7Hdj5HKsco6/oYc8MPrZ7K/JRmqf0Yf1oydtarkv7h+dDTaNtfcp6Qm56b1JdwJP/EWvg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "axios": "^0.21.1",
-        "jsep": "^1.3.6"
-      }
+      "resolved": "../nocodb-sdk",
+      "link": true
     },
     "node_modules/node-abort-controller": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
@@ -30908,12 +30902,24 @@
       "requires": {}
     },
     "nocodb-sdk": {
-      "version": "0.111.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nocodb-sdk/-/nocodb-sdk-0.111.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FS5wyWd3XkPtRkqjO7Hdj5HKsco6/oYc8MPrZ7K/JRmqf0Yf1oydtarkv7h+dDTaNtfcp6Qm56b1JdwJP/EWvg==",
+      "version": "file:../nocodb-sdk",
       "requires": {
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.0.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.0.1",
         "axios": "^0.21.1",
-        "jsep": "^1.3.6"
+        "cspell": "^4.1.0",
+        "eslint": "^7.8.0",
+        "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.11.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^3.2.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-functional": "^3.0.2",
+        "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
+        "jsep": "^1.3.6",
+        "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+        "prettier": "^2.1.1",
+        "rimraf": "^5.0.1",
+        "tsc-alias": "^1.8.7",
+        "typescript": "^4.7.4"
       }
     },
     "node-abort-controller": {
diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Sidebar/UserMenu/index.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Sidebar/UserMenu/index.ts
index a78f611e69..80d67ec18c 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Sidebar/UserMenu/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/Sidebar/UserMenu/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class SidebarUserMenuObject extends BasePage {
   }
 
   get() {
-    return this.sidebar.get().locator(`.nc-sidebar-userinfo`);
+    return this.rootPage.getByTestId('nc-sidebar-userinfo');
   }
 
   async click() {
diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/index.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/index.ts
index 6503819442..3acfe0046d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/index.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export class DashboardPage extends BasePage {
 
   async signOut() {
     await this.sidebar.userMenu.click();
+    await this.rootPage.getByTestId('nc-sidebar-user-logout').waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
     await this.sidebar.userMenu.clickLogout();
     await this.rootPage.locator('[data-testid="nc-form-signin"]:visible').waitFor();
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 150));