diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3b6da0588..741b9e15b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1951,11 +1951,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion 0.3.6",
  "dioxus-config-macro",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-core-macro",
  "dioxus-desktop",
  "dioxus-fullstack",
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-autofmt"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus-rsx",
  "prettier-please",
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-check"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "owo-colors",
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-cli"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "atty",
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dioxus-autofmt",
  "dioxus-check",
  "dioxus-cli-config",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-hot-reload",
  "dioxus-html",
  "dioxus-rsx",
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-cli-config"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cargo_toml 0.18.0",
  "clap 4.4.18",
@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-config-macro"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2093,6 +2093,20 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-core"
 version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f39bef0484998f724622964f04468ddfde7fd550f5f0f1aef9394306e9caba44"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "longest-increasing-subsequence",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "slab",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dioxus-core"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-ssr",
@@ -2111,23 +2125,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dioxus-core"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f39bef0484998f724622964f04468ddfde7fd550f5f0f1aef9394306e9caba44"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "longest-increasing-subsequence",
- "rustc-hash",
- "slab",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-core-macro"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "constcat",
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
@@ -2149,13 +2149,13 @@ checksum = "2ea539174bb236e0e7dc9c12b19b88eae3cb574dedbd0252a2d43ea7e6de13e2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-desktop"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "core-foundation",
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-cli-config",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-hooks",
  "dioxus-hot-reload",
  "dioxus-html",
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-examples"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-ssr",
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-ext"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus-autofmt",
  "html_parser",
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-fullstack"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anymap",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2253,10 +2253,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-hooks"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-debug-cell",
  "dioxus-signals",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -2271,10 +2271,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-hot-reload"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-html",
  "dioxus-rsx",
  "execute",
@@ -2288,10 +2288,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-html"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-html-internal-macro",
  "dioxus-rsx",
  "enumset",
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-html-internal-macro"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2322,9 +2322,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-interpreter-js"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-html",
  "js-sys",
  "md5",
@@ -2337,10 +2337,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-lib"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus-config-macro",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-core-macro",
  "dioxus-hooks",
  "dioxus-html",
@@ -2350,12 +2350,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-liveview"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-cli-config",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-hot-reload",
  "dioxus-html",
  "dioxus-interpreter-js",
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-mobile"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus-desktop",
 ]
@@ -2423,17 +2423,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-router"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
- "console_error_panic_hook",
  "criterion 0.5.1",
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-cli-config",
  "dioxus-fullstack",
  "dioxus-lib",
  "dioxus-liveview",
- "dioxus-router",
  "dioxus-router-macro",
  "dioxus-ssr",
  "gloo",
@@ -2446,13 +2444,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
  "urlencoding",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-test",
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-router-macro"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2462,9 +2459,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-rsx"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "internment",
  "krates",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2476,10 +2473,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-signals"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "dioxus",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
  "generational-box",
@@ -2495,7 +2492,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-ssr"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argh",
@@ -2503,7 +2500,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
  "dioxus",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-html",
  "dioxus-signals",
  "fern",
@@ -2529,12 +2526,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus-web"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "dioxus",
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.1",
  "dioxus-html",
  "dioxus-interpreter-js",
  "dioxus-ssr",
@@ -2559,7 +2556,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dioxus_server_macro"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -3351,7 +3348,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "generational-box"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion 0.3.6",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -5395,7 +5392,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a42db80aa639f70d6bf1d2ef93612d2ffbb33f6ea17d473b91bfeb3f67bc24bc"
 dependencies = [
- "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "dioxus-core 0.5.0-alpha.0",
  "manganis-macro",
 ]
 
@@ -7322,7 +7319,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rsx-rosetta"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.5.0",
  "dioxus-autofmt",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fe2e7bfd0..2061f005a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,36 +47,36 @@ members = [
 exclude = ["examples/mobile_demo", "examples/openid_connect_demo"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.2"
 
 # dependencies that are shared across packages
 [workspace.dependencies]
-dioxus = { path = "packages/dioxus", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-lib = { path = "packages/dioxus-lib", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-core = { path = "packages/core", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-core-macro = { path = "packages/core-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-config-macro = { path = "packages/config-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-router = { path = "packages/router", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-router-macro = { path = "packages/router-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-html = { path = "packages/html", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-html-internal-macro = { path = "packages/html-internal-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-hooks = { path = "packages/hooks", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-web = { path = "packages/web", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-ssr = { path = "packages/ssr", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0", default-features = false }
-dioxus-desktop = { path = "packages/desktop", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-mobile = { path = "packages/mobile", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-interpreter-js = { path = "packages/interpreter", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-liveview = { path = "packages/liveview", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-autofmt = { path = "packages/autofmt", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-check = { path = "packages/check", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-rsx = { path = "packages/rsx", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-rsx-rosetta = { path = "packages/rsx-rosetta", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-signals = { path = "packages/signals", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-cli-config = { path = "packages/cli-config", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-generational-box = { path = "packages/generational-box", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-hot-reload = { path = "packages/hot-reload", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus-fullstack = { path = "packages/fullstack", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0" }
-dioxus_server_macro = { path = "packages/server-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.0", default-features = false }
+dioxus = { path = "packages/dioxus", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-lib = { path = "packages/dioxus-lib", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-core = { path = "packages/core", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-core-macro = { path = "packages/core-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-config-macro = { path = "packages/config-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-router = { path = "packages/router", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-router-macro = { path = "packages/router-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-html = { path = "packages/html", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-html-internal-macro = { path = "packages/html-internal-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-hooks = { path = "packages/hooks", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-web = { path = "packages/web", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-ssr = { path = "packages/ssr", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
+dioxus-desktop = { path = "packages/desktop", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-mobile = { path = "packages/mobile", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-interpreter-js = { path = "packages/interpreter", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-liveview = { path = "packages/liveview", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-autofmt = { path = "packages/autofmt", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-check = { path = "packages/check", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-rsx = { path = "packages/rsx", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+rsx-rosetta = { path = "packages/rsx-rosetta", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-signals = { path = "packages/signals", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-cli-config = { path = "packages/cli-config", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+generational-box = { path = "packages/generational-box", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-hot-reload = { path = "packages/hot-reload", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus-fullstack = { path = "packages/fullstack", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2" }
+dioxus_server_macro = { path = "packages/server-macro", version = "0.5.0-alpha.2", default-features = false }
 dioxus-ext = { path = "packages/extension", version = "0.4.0" }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-futures = "0.2.5"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ opt-level = 3
 # It is not meant to be published, but is used so "cargo run --example XYZ" works properly
 [package]
 name = "dioxus-examples"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Jonathan Kelley"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Top level crate for the Dioxus repository"
diff --git a/packages/router/Cargo.toml b/packages/router/Cargo.toml
index 57065726d..d34376237 100644
--- a/packages/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ fullstack = ["dioxus-fullstack"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 axum = { workspace = true, features = ["ws"] }
-dioxus = { workspace = true, features = ["router" ]}
+dioxus = { workspace = true, features = ["router"] }
 # dioxus-liveview = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
-dioxus-ssr = { path = "../ssr" }
+dioxus-ssr = { workspace = true }
 criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["async_tokio", "html_reports"] }
 
 [[example]]
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ name = "incremental"
 required-features = ["ssr"]
 harness = false
 
-# [target.'cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))'.dev-dependencies]
-# dioxus-desktop = { path = "../desktop" }
 
+# you need to comment this out when publishing since cargo workspaces is not smart enough to wipe this when dropping
+# dev-dependncey crates
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "wasm")'.dev-dependencies]
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.7"
-dioxus-router = { path = ".", features = ["web"] }
+dioxus-router = { workspace = true, features = ["web"] }
 # dioxus-web = { workspace = true }
 gloo = "0.8.0"
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.33"