diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 1864f051b7..ec1adc8dfb 100755
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 **Node.js version**:
+
 **npm version**:
+
 **Strapi version**:
+
 **Operating system**:
+
+
+**Do you want to request a *feature* or report a *bug*?**
+
+**What is the current behavior?**
+
+**If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce the problem**
+
+**What is the expected behavior?**
diff --git a/packages/strapi-generate-new/files/config/environments/production/database.json b/packages/strapi-generate-new/files/config/environments/production/database.json
index 3e9a8edcd2..6b283d6ebd 100755
--- a/packages/strapi-generate-new/files/config/environments/production/database.json
+++ b/packages/strapi-generate-new/files/config/environments/production/database.json
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
         "host": "${process.env.DATABASE_HOST || 'localhost'}",
         "port": "${process.env.DATABASE_PORT || 27017}",
         "database": "${process.env.DATABASE_NAME || 'production'}",
-        "username": "",
-        "password": ""
+        "username": "${process.env.DATABASE_USERNAME || ''}",
+        "password": "${process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD || ''}"
       },
       "options": {}
     }
diff --git a/packages/strapi-helper-plugin/lib/internals/webpack/webpack.dev.babel.js b/packages/strapi-helper-plugin/lib/internals/webpack/webpack.dev.babel.js
index 96b3427fea..89bc6bce2a 100755
--- a/packages/strapi-helper-plugin/lib/internals/webpack/webpack.dev.babel.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-helper-plugin/lib/internals/webpack/webpack.dev.babel.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer').BundleAnalyzerPl
 const LodashModuleReplacementPlugin = require('lodash-webpack-plugin');
 
 const isAdmin = process.env.IS_ADMIN === 'true';
+const isSetup = path.resolve(process.env.PWD, '..', '..') === path.resolve(process.env.INIT_CWD);
 const appPath = (() => {
   if (process.env.APP_PATH) {
     return process.env.APP_PATH;
@@ -22,7 +23,13 @@ const appPath = (() => {
 
   return isAdmin ? path.resolve(process.env.PWD, '..') : path.resolve(process.env.PWD, '..', '..');
 })();
-const isSetup = path.resolve(process.env.PWD, '..', '..') === path.resolve(process.env.INIT_CWD);
+
+const rootAdminpath = (() => {
+  if (isSetup) {
+    return isAdmin ? path.resolve(appPath, 'strapi-admin') : path.resolve(appPath, 'packages', 'strapi-admin');
+  }
+  return path.resolve(appPath, 'admin');
+})();
 
 // Load plugins into the same build in development mode.
 const plugins = {
diff --git a/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/index.js b/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/index.js
index 0b1cf3ba84..29aad1cbb9 100755
--- a/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/index.js
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ module.exports = function (strapi) {
         const { host, port, username, password, database } = _.defaults(connection.settings, strapi.config.hook.settings.mongoose);
 
         // Connect to mongo database
-        if (_.isEmpty(username) || _.isEmpty(password)) {
-          instance.connect(`mongodb://${host}:${port}/${database}`);
-        } else {
-          instance.connect(`mongodb://${username}:${password}@${host}:${port}/${database}`);
+        const connectOptions = {}
+        if (!_.isEmpty(username)) {
+          connectOptions.user = username
+          if (!_.isEmpty(password)) {
+            connectOptions.pass = password
+          }
         }
+        instance.connect(`mongodb://${host}:${port}/${database}`, connectOptions);
 
         // Handle error
         instance.connection.on('error', error => {
diff --git a/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/utils/connectivity.js b/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/utils/connectivity.js
index cedafdf697..3fd6e6592b 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/utils/connectivity.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-mongoose/lib/utils/connectivity.js
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ const logger = require('strapi-utils').logger;
 
 module.exports = (scope, success, error) => {
   const Mongoose = require(path.resolve(`${scope.rootPath}/node_modules/mongoose`));
-
-  Mongoose.connect(`mongodb://${ (scope.database.settings.username && scope.database.settings.password) ? `${scope.database.settings.username}:${scope.database.settings.password}@` : '' }${scope.database.settings.host}:${scope.database.settings.port}/${scope.database.settings.database}`, function (err) {
+  
+  const { username, password } = scope.database.settings
+  const connectOptions = {}
+  if (username) {
+    connectOptions.user = username
+    if (password) {
+      connectOptions.pass = password
+    }
+  }
+  Mongoose.connect(`mongodb://${scope.database.settings.host}:${scope.database.settings.port}/${scope.database.settings.database}`, connectOptions, function (err) {
     if (err) {
       logger.warn('Database connection has failed! Make sure your database is running.');
       return error();
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js
index 2d0f0e098c..bd6bf26f07 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
-const Grant = require('grant-koa');
+const emailRegExp = /^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
 
 module.exports = {
   callback: async (ctx) => {
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ module.exports = {
       const query = {};
 
       // Check if the provided identifier is an email or not.
-      const isEmail = /^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/.test(params.identifier);
+      const isEmail = emailRegExp.test(params.identifier);
 
       // Set the identifier to the appropriate query field.
       if (isEmail) {
-        query.email = params.identifier;
+        query.email = params.identifier.toLowerCase();
       } else {
         query.username = params.identifier;
       }
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ module.exports = {
       params.role = '1';
     }
 
+    // Check if the provided identifier is an email or not.
+    const isEmail = emailRegExp.test(params.identifier);
+    if (isEmail) {
+      params.identifier = params.identifier.toLowerCase();
+    }
     params.password = await strapi.plugins['users-permissions'].services.user.hashPassword(params);
 
     const user = await strapi.query('user', 'users-permissions').findOne({