diff --git a/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile b/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
index bd0ab7d514..50e3707002 100644
--- a/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openssl && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-CMD ["node", "--es-module-specifier-resolution=node", "./dist/index.js"]
+CMD ["node", "--import", "./scripts/register.js", "./dist/index.js"]
diff --git a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
index e63238fa39..dc16d7c8fc 100644
--- a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
+++ b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
         max-size: '1000m'
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
-      - NODE_OPTIONS="--es-module-specifier-resolution=node"
+      - NODE_OPTIONS="--import=./scripts/register.js"
       - AFFINE_CONFIG_PATH=/root/.affine/config
       - REDIS_SERVER_HOST=redis
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://affine:affine@postgres:5432/affine
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/package.json b/packages/backend/server/package.json
index 64ff5ab7e0..b0d40f22dd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/server/package.json
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "start": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./src/index.ts",
+    "start": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs ./src/index.ts",
     "dev": "nodemon ./src/index.ts",
     "test": "ava --concurrency 1 --serial",
     "test:coverage": "c8 ava --concurrency 1 --serial",
     "postinstall": "prisma generate",
-    "data-migration": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./src/data/index.ts",
-    "predeploy": "yarn prisma migrate deploy && node --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./dist/data/index.js run"
+    "data-migration": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs ./src/data/index.ts",
+    "predeploy": "yarn prisma migrate deploy && node --import ./scripts/register.js ./dist/data/index.js run"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/server": "^4.10.0",
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.6.0",
     "socket.io": "^4.7.4",
     "stripe": "^14.18.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3",
     "ws": "^8.16.0",
     "yjs": "^13.6.12",
     "zod": "^3.22.4"
@@ -112,9 +114,7 @@
     "c8": "^9.1.0",
     "nodemon": "^3.1.0",
     "sinon": "^17.0.1",
-    "supertest": "^6.3.4",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+    "supertest": "^6.3.4"
   },
   "ava": {
     "timeout": "1m",
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/scripts/loader.js b/packages/backend/server/scripts/loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce31fb5096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/server/scripts/loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { create, createEsmHooks } from 'ts-node';
+
+const service = create({
+  experimentalSpecifierResolution: 'node',
+  transpileOnly: true,
+  logError: true,
+  skipProject: true,
+});
+const hooks = createEsmHooks(service);
+
+export const resolve = hooks.resolve;
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/scripts/register.js b/packages/backend/server/scripts/register.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce20ff5368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/server/scripts/register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { register } from 'node:module';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+register('./scripts/loader.js', pathToFileURL('./'));
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/scripts/self-host-predeploy.js b/packages/backend/server/scripts/self-host-predeploy.js
index 2e71f738d7..6d2cf55749 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/scripts/self-host-predeploy.js
+++ b/packages/backend/server/scripts/self-host-predeploy.js
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ function prepare() {
 function runPredeployScript() {
   console.log('running predeploy script.');
   execSync('yarn predeploy', {
-    env: {
-      ...process.env,
-      NODE_OPTIONS:
-        (process.env.NODE_OPTIONS ?? '') + ' --import ./dist/prelude.js',
-    },
+    encoding: 'utf-8',
+    env: process.env,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/next-auth-options.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/next-auth-options.ts
index 6d7c86b455..f177fd0790 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/next-auth-options.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/core/auth/next-auth-options.ts
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ export const NextAuthOptionsProvider: FactoryProvider<NextAuthOptions> = {
       // @ts-expect-error Third part library type mismatch
       adapter: prismaAdapter,
       debug: !config.node.prod,
-      session: {
-        strategy: 'database',
-      },
       logger: {
         debug(code, metadata) {
           logger.debug(`${code}: ${JSON.stringify(metadata)}`);
@@ -139,18 +136,6 @@ export const NextAuthOptionsProvider: FactoryProvider<NextAuthOptions> = {
       },
     };
 
-    if (config.mailer && mailer) {
-      nextAuthOptions.providers.push(
-        // @ts-expect-error esm interop issue
-        Email.default({
-          server: config.mailer,
-          from: config.mailer.from,
-          sendVerificationRequest: (params: SendVerificationRequestParams) =>
-            sendVerificationRequest(config, logger, mailer, session, params),
-        })
-      );
-    }
-
     nextAuthOptions.providers.push(
       // @ts-expect-error esm interop issue
       Credentials.default({
@@ -183,6 +168,18 @@ export const NextAuthOptionsProvider: FactoryProvider<NextAuthOptions> = {
       })
     );
 
+    if (config.mailer && mailer) {
+      nextAuthOptions.providers.push(
+        // @ts-expect-error esm interop issue
+        Email.default({
+          server: config.mailer,
+          from: config.mailer.from,
+          sendVerificationRequest: (params: SendVerificationRequestParams) =>
+            sendVerificationRequest(config, logger, mailer, session, params),
+        })
+      );
+    }
+
     if (config.auth.oauthProviders.github) {
       nextAuthOptions.providers.push(
         // @ts-expect-error esm interop issue
@@ -209,6 +206,11 @@ export const NextAuthOptionsProvider: FactoryProvider<NextAuthOptions> = {
       );
     }
 
+    if (nextAuthOptions.providers.length > 1) {
+      // not only credentials provider
+      nextAuthOptions.session = { strategy: 'database' };
+    }
+
     nextAuthOptions.jwt = {
       encode: async ({ token, maxAge }) =>
         encode(config, prisma, token, maxAge),