diff --git a/components/MessageArea.vue b/components/MessageArea.vue
index 7612243..18b9ac5 100644
--- a/components/MessageArea.vue
+++ b/components/MessageArea.vue
@@ -158,10 +158,12 @@ if (accessToken && apiBase) {
 
 function sendMessage(e: Event) {
 	e.preventDefault();
-	const text = messageInput.value;
-	console.log("text:", text);
-	if (text) {
-		ws.send(text);
+	const message = {
+		message: messageInput.value
+	}
+	console.log("message:", message);
+	if (message.message) {
+		ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));
 		messageInput.value = "";
 		console.log("MESSAGE SENT!!!");
 	}
diff --git a/composables/auth.ts b/composables/auth.ts
index 0ac2e8b..b23a67b 100644
--- a/composables/auth.ts
+++ b/composables/auth.ts
@@ -37,13 +37,19 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
     //await fetchUser();
   }
 
-  async function logout(password: string) {
-    console.log("password:", password);
+  async function logout() {
     console.log("access:", accessToken.value);
-    const hashedPass = await hashPassword(password);
-    console.log("hashed");
 
-    const res = await fetchWithApi("/auth/revoke", {
+    await fetchWithApi("/auth/logout", { method: "GET", credentials: "include" });
+    clearAuth();
+
+	return await navigateTo("/login");
+  }
+
+  async function revoke(password: string) {
+    const hashedPass = await hashPassword(password);
+
+    await fetchWithApi("/auth/revoke", {
       method: "POST",
       body:
       {
@@ -54,10 +60,6 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
     clearAuth();
   }
 
-  async function revoke() {
-    clearAuth();
-  }
-
   async function refresh() {
     console.log("refreshing");
     const res = await fetchWithApi("/auth/refresh", {
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 63d9372..05a40fa 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
   runtimeConfig: {
     public: {
       apiVersion: 1,
-      messageGroupingMaxDifference: 300000
+      messageGroupingMaxDifference: 300000,
+      buildTimeString: new Date().toISOString(),
+      gitHash: process.env.GIT_SHORT_REV || "N/A",
     }
   },
   /* nitro: {
diff --git a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
index 699b9a3..01e89f0 100644
--- a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
+++ b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ function handleMemberClick(member: GuildMemberResponse) {
 	display: flex;
 	flex-direction: column;
 	overflow-y: scroll;
+	max-height: 92dvh;
 	padding-left: 1dvw;
 	padding-right: 1dvw;
 	margin-top: 1dvh;
diff --git a/pages/settings.vue b/pages/settings.vue
index 991d046..bd1a484 100644
--- a/pages/settings.vue
+++ b/pages/settings.vue
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <div id="settings-page-container">
     <div id="settings-page">
       <div id="sidebar">
-        <h4>(Search bar here)</h4>
         <ul>
+          <!-- categories and dynamic settings pages -->
           <div v-for="category in categories" :key="category.displayName">
             <h2>{{ category.displayName }}</h2>
             <li v-for="page in category.pages" :key="page.displayName" @click="selectCategory(page)"
@@ -12,8 +12,23 @@
             </li>
             <span class="spacer"></span>
           </div>
+          
+          <p>
+            <Button text="Log Out" :callback=logout variant="scary"></Button>
+          </p>
+          <span class="spacer"></span>
+
+          <p id="links-and-socials">
+            <NuxtLink href="https://git.gorb.app/gorb/frontend" title="Source"><Icon name="lucide:git-branch-plus" /></NuxtLink>
+            <NuxtLink href="https://docs.gorb.app" title="Backend Documentation"><Icon name="lucide:book-open-text" /></NuxtLink>
+          </p>
+          
+          <p style="font-size: .8em; color: var(--secondary-text-color)">
+            Version Hash: {{ appConfig.public.gitHash }}
+            <br>
+            Build Time: {{ appConfig.public.buildTimeString }}
+          </p>
 
-          <Button text="Log Out" :callback=logout variant="scary"></Button>
         </ul>
       </div>
       <div id="sub-page">
@@ -29,6 +44,8 @@ import Button from '~/components/Button.vue';
 
 const { logout } = useAuth()
 
+const appConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
+
 interface Page {
   displayName: string;
   pageData: any; // is actually Component but TS is yelling at me :(
@@ -103,7 +120,7 @@ function selectCategory(page: Page) {
   background-color: var(--sidebar-background-color);
   color: var(--text-color);
   padding: 1dvh 1dvw;
-  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-left: 0;
 
   overflow-y: auto;
   height: 100vh;
@@ -128,6 +145,10 @@ function selectCategory(page: Page) {
   transition: background-color 0.3s;
 }
 
+#sidebar p {
+  margin: 2dvh 0.8dvw;
+}
+
 .sidebar-focus {
   background-color: var(--sidebar-highlighted-background-color);
 }
@@ -147,11 +168,15 @@ function selectCategory(page: Page) {
   height: 100vh;
 }
 
+#links-and-socials * {
+  margin-right: 0.2em;
+}
+
 .spacer {
   height: 0.2dvh;
   display: block;
   margin: 0.8dvh 1dvw;
-  background-color: var(--spacing-color);
+  background-color: var(--padding-color);
 }
 
 /* applies to child pages too */