diff --git a/demo/payload.config.js b/demo/payload.config.js
index 6190ef76bb..0db7c9c9f4 100644
--- a/demo/payload.config.js
+++ b/demo/payload.config.js
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ module.exports = {
   rateLimit: {
     window: 15 * 60 * 100,
     max: 100,
+    trustProxy: true,
     skip: (req) => req.ip === '127.0.0.1',
   },
   maxDepth: 10,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/Routes.js b/src/admin/components/Routes.js
index 671c15a4ca..6cb37f2d49 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/Routes.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/Routes.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useConfig } from './providers/Config';
 import List from './views/collections/List';
-import { useAuthentication } from './providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from './providers/Authentication';
 import DefaultTemplate from './templates/Default';
 import { requests } from '../api';
 import Loading from './elements/Loading';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const Account = lazy(() => import('./views/Account'));
 const Routes = () => {
   const history = useHistory();
   const [initialized, setInitialized] = useState(null);
-  const { user, permissions, permissions: { canAccessAdmin } } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user, permissions, permissions: { canAccessAdmin } } = useAuth();
 
   const {
     admin: { user: userSlug }, routes, collections, globals,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/elements/Nav/index.js b/src/admin/components/elements/Nav/index.js
index 703deac2e1..a6fdddf6ee 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/elements/Nav/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/elements/Nav/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { NavLink, Link, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import RenderCustomComponent from '../../utilities/RenderCustomComponent';
 import Chevron from '../../icons/Chevron';
 import LogOut from '../../icons/LogOut';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import './index.scss';
 const baseClass = 'nav';
 
 const DefaultNav = () => {
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
   const [menuActive, setMenuActive] = useState(false);
   const history = useHistory();
   const {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/elements/PreviewButton/index.js b/src/admin/components/elements/PreviewButton/index.js
index 54f2553bdc..a4f2e84a61 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/elements/PreviewButton/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/elements/PreviewButton/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useForm } from '../../forms/Form/context';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import Button from '../Button';
 
 const baseClass = 'preview-btn';
 
 const PreviewButton = ({ generatePreviewURL }) => {
-  const { token } = useAuthentication();
+  const { token } = useAuth();
   const { getFields } = useForm();
   const fields = getFields();
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/Form/index.js b/src/admin/components/forms/Form/index.js
index 40459d2e01..9cce82bcf5 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/Form/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/Form/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { useLocale } from '../../utilities/Locale';
 import { useStatusList } from '../../elements/Status';
 import { requests } from '../../../api';
 import useThrottledEffect from '../../../hooks/useThrottledEffect';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import fieldReducer from './fieldReducer';
 import initContextState from './initContextState';
 import reduceFieldsToValues from './reduceFieldsToValues';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const Form = (props) => {
   const history = useHistory();
   const locale = useLocale();
   const { replaceStatus, addStatus, clearStatus } = useStatusList();
-  const { refreshCookie } = useAuthentication();
+  const { refreshCookie } = useAuth();
 
   const [modified, setModified] = useState(false);
   const [processing, setProcessing] = useState(false);
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/Fields/index.js b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/Fields/index.js
index f677731b83..86ae7c9494 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/Fields/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/relationship/Button/Fields/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Relationship from '../../../../../Relationship';
 import Number from '../../../../../Number';
 import Select from '../../../../../Select';
 import { useConfig } from '../../../../../../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../../../../../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../../../../../../providers/Authentication';
 
 const createOptions = (collections, permissions) => collections.reduce((options, collection) => {
   if (permissions[collection.slug]?.read?.permission && collection?.admin?.enableRichTextRelationship) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const createOptions = (collections, permissions) => collections.reduce((options,
 
 const RelationshipFields = () => {
   const { collections, maxDepth } = useConfig();
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
 
   const [options, setOptions] = useState(() => createOptions(collections, permissions));
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/modals/LeaveWithoutSaving/index.js b/src/admin/components/modals/LeaveWithoutSaving/index.js
index 8b711972b1..cda49732b3 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/modals/LeaveWithoutSaving/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/modals/LeaveWithoutSaving/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import NavigationPrompt from 'react-router-navigation-prompt';
 import { useFormModified } from '../../forms/Form/context';
 import MinimalTemplate from '../../templates/Minimal';
 import Button from '../../elements/Button';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const modalSlug = 'leave-without-saving';
 
 const LeaveWithoutSaving = () => {
   const modified = useFormModified();
-  const { user } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user } = useAuth();
 
   return (
     <NavigationPrompt when={modified && user}>
diff --git a/src/admin/components/providers/Authentication.js b/src/admin/components/providers/Authentication.js
index 66241ed647..0dced8d457 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/providers/Authentication.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/providers/Authentication.js
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ AuthenticationProvider.propTypes = {
   ]).isRequired,
 };
 
-const useAuthentication = () => useContext(Context);
+const useAuth = () => useContext(Context);
 
 export {
   AuthenticationProvider,
-  useAuthentication,
+  useAuth,
 };
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Account/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Account/index.js
index 238ee7b3a9..5dc4847702 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Account/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Account/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
 import { useStepNav } from '../../elements/StepNav';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import usePayloadAPI from '../../../hooks/usePayloadAPI';
 import DefaultAccount from './Default';
 import buildStateFromSchema from '../../forms/Form/buildStateFromSchema';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { NegativeFieldGutterProvider } from '../../forms/FieldTypeGutter/context
 const AccountView = () => {
   const { state: locationState } = useLocation();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
-  const { user, permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user, permissions } = useAuth();
   const [initialState, setInitialState] = useState({});
   const {
     serverURL,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/CreateFirstUser/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/CreateFirstUser/index.js
index f410ef3a63..d1699d0f9d 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/CreateFirstUser/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/CreateFirstUser/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Form from '../../forms/Form';
 import RenderFields from '../../forms/RenderFields';
 import fieldTypes from '../../forms/field-types';
 import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import { NegativeFieldGutterProvider } from '../../forms/FieldTypeGutter/context';
 
 import './index.scss';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const baseClass = 'create-first-user';
 
 const CreateFirstUser = (props) => {
   const { setInitialized } = props;
-  const { setToken } = useAuthentication();
+  const { setToken } = useAuth();
   const {
     admin: { user: userSlug }, collections, serverURL, routes: { admin, api },
   } = useConfig();
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Dashboard/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Dashboard/index.js
index 2a0c2c43a5..5777b75fd4 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Dashboard/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Dashboard/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import { useStepNav } from '../../elements/StepNav';
 import RenderCustomComponent from '../../utilities/RenderCustomComponent';
 import DefaultDashboard from './Default';
 
 const Dashboard = () => {
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
   const [filteredGlobals, setFilteredGlobals] = useState([]);
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/ForgotPassword/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/ForgotPassword/index.js
index 09ad2a1444..e8a49dd4c0 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/ForgotPassword/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/ForgotPassword/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Email from '../../forms/field-types/Email';
 import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit';
 import Button from '../../elements/Button';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const baseClass = 'forgot-password';
 const ForgotPassword = () => {
   const { addStatus } = useStatusList();
   const [hasSubmitted, setHasSubmitted] = useState(false);
-  const { user } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user } = useAuth();
   const {
     admin: { user: userSlug },
     serverURL,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Global/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Global/index.js
index 08ba0f0de4..5d66b493be 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Global/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Global/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useHistory, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
 import { useStepNav } from '../../elements/StepNav';
 import usePayloadAPI from '../../../hooks/usePayloadAPI';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import { useLocale } from '../../utilities/Locale';
 
 import RenderCustomComponent from '../../utilities/RenderCustomComponent';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const GlobalView = (props) => {
   const history = useHistory();
   const locale = useLocale();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
   const [initialState, setInitialState] = useState({});
 
   const {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Login/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Login/index.js
index 0cb91a706f..192a6f6dc9 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Login/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Login/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Password from '../../forms/field-types/Password';
 import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit';
 import Button from '../../elements/Button';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const baseClass = 'login';
 
 const Login = () => {
   const history = useHistory();
-  const { user, setToken } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user, setToken } = useAuth();
   const { admin: { user: userSlug }, serverURL, routes: { admin, api } } = useConfig();
 
   const onSuccess = (data) => {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Logout/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Logout/index.js
index 96005b078c..377137a532 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Logout/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Logout/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import Minimal from '../../templates/Minimal';
 import Button from '../../elements/Button';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const baseClass = 'logout';
 const Logout = (props) => {
   const { inactivity } = props;
 
-  const { logOut } = useAuthentication();
+  const { logOut } = useAuth();
   const { routes: { admin } } = useConfig();
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/ResetPassword/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/ResetPassword/index.js
index d54d0f163e..7668db9666 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/ResetPassword/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/ResetPassword/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import ConfirmPassword from '../../forms/field-types/ConfirmPassword';
 import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit';
 import Button from '../../elements/Button';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 
 import './index.scss';
 import HiddenInput from '../../forms/field-types/HiddenInput';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const ResetPassword = () => {
   const { admin: { user: userSlug }, serverURL, routes: { admin, api } } = useConfig();
   const { token } = useParams();
   const history = useHistory();
-  const { user, setToken } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user, setToken } = useAuth();
 
   const onSuccess = (data) => {
     if (data.token) {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/Verify/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/Verify/index.js
index 0919c5edd0..4580a8c340 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/Verify/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/Verify/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Button from '../../elements/Button';
 import Meta from '../../utilities/Meta';
 
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Authentication';
 import Login from '../Login';
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const baseClass = 'verify';
 const Verify = ({ collection }) => {
   const { slug: collectionSlug } = collection;
 
-  const { user } = useAuthentication();
+  const { user } = useAuth();
   const { token } = useParams();
   const { serverURL, routes: { admin: adminRoute }, admin: { user: adminUser } } = useConfig();
 
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/collections/Edit/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/collections/Edit/index.js
index be8ee5d131..447ecfdd19 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/collections/Edit/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/collections/Edit/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Redirect, useRouteMatch, useHistory, useLocation } from 'react-router-d
 import { useConfig } from '../../../providers/Config';
 import { useStepNav } from '../../../elements/StepNav';
 import usePayloadAPI from '../../../../hooks/usePayloadAPI';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../../providers/Authentication';
 
 import RenderCustomComponent from '../../../utilities/RenderCustomComponent';
 import DefaultEdit from './Default';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const EditView = (props) => {
   const history = useHistory();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
   const [initialState, setInitialState] = useState({});
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
 
   const onSave = (json) => {
     history.push(`${admin}/collections/${collection.slug}/${json?.doc?.id}`, {
diff --git a/src/admin/components/views/collections/List/index.js b/src/admin/components/views/collections/List/index.js
index b6b372123b..c671a82558 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/views/collections/List/index.js
+++ b/src/admin/components/views/collections/List/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import queryString from 'qs';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useConfig } from '../../../providers/Config';
-import { useAuthentication } from '../../../providers/Authentication';
+import { useAuth } from '../../../providers/Authentication';
 import usePayloadAPI from '../../../../hooks/usePayloadAPI';
 import DefaultList from './Default';
 import RenderCustomComponent from '../../../utilities/RenderCustomComponent';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const ListView = (props) => {
   } = props;
 
   const { serverURL, routes: { api, admin } } = useConfig();
-  const { permissions } = useAuthentication();
+  const { permissions } = useAuth();
   const location = useLocation();
   const { setStepNav } = useStepNav();
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 58d9463048..452963bb61 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class Payload {
     // If not initializing locally, set up HTTP routing
     if (!this.config.local) {
       this.express = options.express;
+      if (this.config.rateLimit?.trustProxy) this.express.set('trust proxy', 1);
 
       this.initAdmin();