diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 19a5da1d9..989df1261 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ GOOGLE_KEY=user_provided
 # GOOGLE_REVERSE_PROXY=
 
 # Gemini API (AI Studio)
-# GOOGLE_MODELS=gemini-exp-1121,gemini-exp-1114,gemini-1.5-flash-latest,gemini-1.0-pro,gemini-1.0-pro-001,gemini-1.0-pro-latest,gemini-1.0-pro-vision-latest,gemini-1.5-pro-latest,gemini-pro,gemini-pro-vision
+# GOOGLE_MODELS=gemini-2.0-flash-exp,gemini-exp-1121,gemini-exp-1114,gemini-1.5-flash-latest,gemini-1.0-pro,gemini-1.0-pro-001,gemini-1.0-pro-latest,gemini-1.0-pro-vision-latest,gemini-1.5-pro-latest,gemini-pro,gemini-pro-vision
 
 # Vertex AI
 # GOOGLE_MODELS=gemini-1.5-flash-preview-0514,gemini-1.5-pro-preview-0514,gemini-1.0-pro-vision-001,gemini-1.0-pro-002,gemini-1.0-pro-001,gemini-pro-vision,gemini-1.0-pro
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 16b410498..e393568b1 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
       "env": {
         "NODE_ENV": "production"
       },
-      "console": "integratedTerminal"
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/api/lib/db/connectDb.js b/api/lib/db/connectDb.js
index 3e711ca7a..b8cbeb2ad 100644
--- a/api/lib/db/connectDb.js
+++ b/api/lib/db/connectDb.js
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ async function connectDb() {
   const disconnected = cached.conn && cached.conn?._readyState !== 1;
   if (!cached.promise || disconnected) {
     const opts = {
-      useNewUrlParser: true,
-      useUnifiedTopology: true,
       bufferCommands: false,
+      // useNewUrlParser: true,
+      // useUnifiedTopology: true,
       // bufferMaxEntries: 0,
       // useFindAndModify: true,
       // useCreateIndex: true
diff --git a/api/models/tx.js b/api/models/tx.js
index ff30bbcc4..8c83ca259 100644
--- a/api/models/tx.js
+++ b/api/models/tx.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const tokenValues = Object.assign(
     /* cohere doesn't have rates for the older command models,
   so this was from https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/command-light/providers */
     command: { prompt: 0.38, completion: 0.38 },
+    'gemini-2.0': { prompt: 0, completion: 0 }, // https://ai.google.dev/pricing
     'gemini-1.5': { prompt: 7, completion: 21 }, // May 2nd, 2024 pricing
     gemini: { prompt: 0.5, completion: 1.5 }, // May 2nd, 2024 pricing
   },
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 9184037fd..1b57beb79 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dedent": "^1.5.3",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
-    "express": "^4.21.1",
+    "express": "^4.21.2",
     "express-mongo-sanitize": "^2.2.0",
     "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.1",
     "express-session": "^1.18.1",
diff --git a/api/utils/tokens.js b/api/utils/tokens.js
index 7c2ff2298..00f6514c4 100644
--- a/api/utils/tokens.js
+++ b/api/utils/tokens.js
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ const googleModels = {
   gemini: 30720, // -2048 from max
   'gemini-pro-vision': 12288, // -4096 from max
   'gemini-exp': 8000,
-  'gemini-1.5': 1048576, // -8192 from max
+  'gemini-2.0': 1048576,
+  'gemini-1.5': 1048576,
   'text-bison-32k': 32758, // -10 from max
   'chat-bison-32k': 32758, // -10 from max
   'code-bison-32k': 32758, // -10 from max
diff --git a/config/user-stats.js b/config/user-stats.js
index efcf3b58b..629469bdd 100644
--- a/config/user-stats.js
+++ b/config/user-stats.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ const connect = require('./connect');
   let users = await User.find({});
   let userData = [];
   for (const user of users) {
-    let conversationsCount = (await Conversation.count({ user: user._id })) ?? 0;
-    let messagesCount = (await Message.count({ user: user._id })) ?? 0;
+    let conversationsCount = (await Conversation.countDocuments({ user: user._id })) ?? 0;
+    let messagesCount = (await Message.countDocuments({ user: user._id })) ?? 0;
 
     userData.push({
       User: user.name,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d81a344dd..96d257dee 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -664,24 +664,6 @@
         "@langchain/core": ">=0.3.17 <0.4.0"
       }
     },
-    "api/node_modules/@langchain/openai": {
-      "version": "0.3.14",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@langchain/openai/-/openai-0.3.14.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lNWjUo1tbvsss45IF7UQtMu1NJ6oUKvhgPYWXnX9f/d6OmuLu7D99HQ3Y88vLcUo9XjjOy417olYHignMduMjA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "js-tiktoken": "^1.0.12",
-        "openai": "^4.71.0",
-        "zod": "^3.22.4",
-        "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.22.3"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@langchain/core": ">=0.2.26 <0.4.0"
-      }
-    },
     "api/node_modules/@langchain/textsplitters": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@langchain/textsplitters/-/textsplitters-0.1.0.tgz",
@@ -768,10 +750,10 @@
         "ms": "2.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "api/node_modules/express": {
-      "version": "4.21.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YSFlK1Ee0/GC8QaO91tHcDxJiE/X4FbpAyQWkxAvG6AXCuR65YzK8ua6D9hvi/TzUfZMpc+BwuM1IPw8fmQBiQ==",
+    "node_modules/express": {
+      "version": "4.21.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-28HqgMZAmih1Czt9ny7qr6ek2qddF4FclbMzwhCREB6OFfH+rXAnuNCwo1/wFvrtbgsQDb4kSbX9de9lFbrXnA==",
       "dependencies": {
         "accepts": "~1.3.8",
         "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
@@ -792,7 +774,7 @@
         "methods": "~1.1.2",
         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.10",
+        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.12",
         "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
         "qs": "6.13.0",
         "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
@@ -807,6 +789,10 @@
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.10.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
       }
     },
     "api/node_modules/express-rate-limit": {
@@ -10187,8 +10173,6 @@
       "version": "0.3.14",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@langchain/openai/-/openai-0.3.14.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-lNWjUo1tbvsss45IF7UQtMu1NJ6oUKvhgPYWXnX9f/d6OmuLu7D99HQ3Y88vLcUo9XjjOy417olYHignMduMjA==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "js-tiktoken": "^1.0.12",
         "openai": "^4.71.0",
@@ -10206,8 +10190,6 @@
       "version": "18.19.64",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.19.64.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-955mDqvO2vFf/oL7V3WiUtiz+BugyX8uVbaT2H8oj3+8dRyH2FLiNdowe7eNqRM7IOIZvzDH76EoAT+gwm6aIQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
       }
@@ -10216,8 +10198,6 @@
       "version": "4.72.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/openai/-/openai-4.72.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-hFqG9BWCs7L7ifrhJXw7mJXmUBr7d9N6If3J9563o0jfwVA4wFANFDDaOIWFdgDdwgCXg5emf0Q+LoLCGszQYA==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^18.11.18",
         "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.4",
@@ -27284,9 +27264,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.3.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-eSRppjcPIatRIMC1U6UngP8XFcz8MQWGQdt1MTBQ7NaAmvXDfvNxbvWV3x2y6CdEUciCSsDHDQZbhYaB8QEo2g==",
+      "version": "3.3.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WNLf5Sd8oZxOm+TzppcYk8gVOgP+l58xNy58D0nbUnOxOWRWvlcCV4kUF7ltmI6PsrLl/BgKEyS4mqsGChFN0w==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -28538,9 +28518,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/path-to-regexp": {
-      "version": "0.1.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7lf7qcQidTku0Gu3YDPc8DJ1q7OOucfa/BSsIwjuh56VU7katFvuM8hULfkwB3Fns/rsVF7PwPKVw1sl5KQS9w=="
+      "version": "0.1.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RA1GjUVMnvYFxuqovrEqZoxxW5NUZqbwKtYz/Tt7nXerk0LbLblQmrsgdeOxV5SFHf0UDggjS/bSeOZwt1pmEQ=="
     },
     "node_modules/path-type": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
@@ -36173,7 +36153,7 @@
     },
     "packages/data-provider": {
       "name": "librechat-data-provider",
-      "version": "0.7.58",
+      "version": "0.7.59",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/package.json b/packages/data-provider/package.json
index f465d8bcc..2a414d30a 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-provider/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "librechat-data-provider",
-  "version": "0.7.58",
+  "version": "0.7.59",
   "description": "data services for librechat apps",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.es.js",
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index b0465f2b5..dad4bed5b 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ export const visionModels = [
   'llava-13b',
   'gemini-pro-vision',
   'claude-3',
+  'gemini-2.0',
   'gemini-1.5',
   'gemini-exp',
   'moondream',