diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/colors.scss b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/colors.scss
index b583028cd..d8b4fb175 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/colors.scss
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/colors.scss
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ $node-icon-background-color-opacity: 0.05;
 $node-icon-border-color: #000;
 $node-icon-border-color-opacity: 0.1;
 
+$node-config-background: #f3f3f3;
 
 $node-link-port-background: #eee;
 
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/tab-config.scss b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/tab-config.scss
index f3ffcc7d8..5c8d0ba94 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/tab-config.scss
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/tab-config.scss
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ul.red-ui-sidebar-node-config-list {
     .red-ui-palette-icon-container {
         font-size: 12px;
         line-height: 30px;
-        background-color: $secondary-background-selected;
+        background-color: $node-icon-background-color;
         border-top-right-radius: 4px;
         border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
         a {
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ ul.red-ui-sidebar-node-config-list {
             bottom: 0;
             left: 0;
             right: 0;
-            color: $secondary-text-color;
+            color: $node-port-label-color;
             &:hover {
                 text-decoration: none;
-                background: $secondary-background-hover;
+                background: $node-port-background-hover;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ul.red-ui-sidebar-node-config-list {
 .red-ui-palette-node-config {
     width: 160px;
     height: 30px;
-    background: $primary-background;
+    background: $node-config-background;
     color: $primary-text-color;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/ui/common/typedInput.scss b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/ui/common/typedInput.scss
index f9ffdf7b2..da53e1e2d 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/ui/common/typedInput.scss
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/sass/ui/common/typedInput.scss
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 .red-ui-typedInput-container {
     border: 1px solid $form-input-border-color;
-    border-radius: 4px;
+    border-radius: 5px;
     height: 34px;
     line-height: 14px;
     display: inline-flex;
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.html
index 10acf4857..03ef4b2e3 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.html
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@
             willRetain: {value:false},
             willPayload: {value:""},
             willMsg: { value: {}},
+            userProps: { value: ""},
             sessionExpiry: {value:0}
         },
         credentials: {
@@ -641,6 +642,7 @@
                 default:  !this.userProps ? 'none':'json',
                 types: [typedInputNoneOpt, 'json']
             });
+            $("#node-config-input-userProps").typedInput('value',this.userProps);
             if (typeof this.keepalive === 'undefined') {
                 this.keepalive = 15;
                 $("#node-config-input-keepalive").val(this.keepalive);
@@ -750,6 +752,14 @@
             }
 
             if (v5) {
+                this.userProps = "";
+                const userPropsType = $("#node-config-input-userProps").typedInput("type");
+                if(userPropsType == "json") {
+                    const userProps = $("#node-config-input-userProps").val();
+                    if (userProps && typeof userProps === "string") {
+                        this.userProps = userProps.trim();
+                    }
+                }
                 this.birthMsg = saveV5Message("birth");
                 this.closeMsg = saveV5Message("close");
                 this.willMsg = saveV5Message("will");
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
index 1c0a7c7d9..f8689ef9a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
@@ -477,8 +477,12 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             setIfHasProperty(opts, node, "topicAliasMaximum", init);
             setIfHasProperty(opts, node, "maximumPacketSize", init);
             setIfHasProperty(opts, node, "receiveMaximum", init);
-            setIfHasProperty(opts, node, "userProperties", init);//https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html#_Toc3901116
-            setIfHasProperty(opts, node, "userPropertiesType", init);
+            //https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html#_Toc3901116
+            if (hasProperty(opts, "userProperties")) {
+                node.userProperties = opts.userProperties;
+            } else if (hasProperty(opts, "userProps")) {
+                node.userProperties = opts.userProps;
+            }
 
             function createLWT(topic, payload, qos, retain, v5opts, v5SubPropName) {
                 let message = undefined;
@@ -812,6 +816,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 }
             }
         };
+
         node.disconnect = function (callback) {
             const _callback = function () {
                 if(node.connected || node.connecting) {
@@ -994,7 +999,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     node.client.removeAllListeners();
                 }
                 done();
-            }, true);
+            });
         });
 
     }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
index 4132e2db6..4763fd5a1 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ if (parsedArgs.settings) {
         // Consider compatibility for older versions
         settingsFile = path.join(process.env.HOMEPATH,".node-red","settings.js");
     } else {
+        if (!parsedArgs.userDir && !(process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOMEPATH)) {
+            console.log("Could not find user directory. Ensure $HOME is set for the current user, or use --userDir option")
+            process.exit(1)
+        }
         var userDir = parsedArgs.userDir || path.join(process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOMEPATH,".node-red");
         var userSettingsFile = path.join(userDir,"settings.js");
         if (fs.existsSync(userSettingsFile)) {