diff --git a/gatsby-node.js b/gatsby-node.js
index 1a0bc3fb..c40d5adb 100644
--- a/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/gatsby-node.js
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ exports.createPages = async ({ graphql, actions }) => {
 
   const result = await graphql(`
     {
-      allMarkdownRemark(sort: { fields: [fields___date], order: DESC }) {
+      allMarkdownRemark {
         edges {
           node {
             fields {
               slug
-              date
             }
             frontmatter {
-              type
               tags
             }
           }
diff --git a/gatsby/createMarkdownFields.js b/gatsby/createMarkdownFields.js
index 660dfffc..561d01b1 100644
--- a/gatsby/createMarkdownFields.js
+++ b/gatsby/createMarkdownFields.js
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ exports.createMarkdownFields = (node, createNodeField, getNode) => {
   })
 
   // date
-  let date
+  // grab date from file path
+  let date = new Date(slugOriginal.substring(1, 11)).toISOString() // grab date from file path
 
   if (node.frontmatter.date) {
-    date = `${node.frontmatter.date}`
-  } else {
-    date = `${slugOriginal.substring(1, 10)}` // grab date from file path
+    date = new Date(node.frontmatter.date).toISOString()
   }
 
   createNodeField({
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5c6f775..6a3f6f92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,32 +33,32 @@
     "dms2dec": "^1.1.0",
     "fast-exif": "^1.0.1",
     "fraction.js": "^4.0.12",
-    "gatsby": "^2.0.89",
-    "gatsby-image": "^2.0.25",
-    "gatsby-plugin-catch-links": "^2.0.9",
+    "gatsby": "^2.0.111",
+    "gatsby-image": "^2.0.29",
+    "gatsby-plugin-catch-links": "^2.0.10",
     "gatsby-plugin-favicon": "^3.1.5",
-    "gatsby-plugin-feed": "^2.0.11",
+    "gatsby-plugin-feed": "^2.0.13",
     "gatsby-plugin-lunr": "^1.3.0",
     "gatsby-plugin-matomo": "^0.6.0",
     "gatsby-plugin-meta-redirect": "^1.1.1",
-    "gatsby-plugin-offline": "^2.0.21",
-    "gatsby-plugin-react-helmet": "^3.0.5",
-    "gatsby-plugin-sass": "^2.0.7",
-    "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^2.0.17",
-    "gatsby-plugin-sitemap": "^2.0.4",
+    "gatsby-plugin-offline": "^2.0.22",
+    "gatsby-plugin-react-helmet": "^3.0.6",
+    "gatsby-plugin-sass": "^2.0.10",
+    "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^2.0.20",
+    "gatsby-plugin-sitemap": "^2.0.5",
     "gatsby-plugin-svgr": "^2.0.1",
     "gatsby-plugin-webpack-size": "^0.0.3",
     "gatsby-redirect-from": "^0.1.1",
-    "gatsby-remark-autolink-headers": "^2.0.12",
-    "gatsby-remark-copy-linked-files": "^2.0.8",
+    "gatsby-remark-autolink-headers": "^2.0.13",
+    "gatsby-remark-copy-linked-files": "^2.0.9",
     "gatsby-remark-highlights": "^1.3.4",
-    "gatsby-remark-images": "^3.0.1",
-    "gatsby-remark-smartypants": "^2.0.7",
-    "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.0.13",
-    "gatsby-source-graphql": "^2.0.8",
-    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.2.0",
-    "gatsby-transformer-sharp": "^2.1.10",
-    "graphql": "^0.13.2",
+    "gatsby-remark-images": "^3.0.3",
+    "gatsby-remark-smartypants": "^2.0.8",
+    "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.0.20",
+    "gatsby-source-graphql": "^2.0.10",
+    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.2.3",
+    "gatsby-transformer-sharp": "^2.1.13",
+    "graphql": "^14.1.1",
     "intersection-observer": "^0.5.1",
     "js-scrypt": "^0.2.0",
     "load-script": "^1.0.0",
@@ -67,42 +67,43 @@
     "pigeon-maps": "^0.11.10",
     "pigeon-marker": "^0.3.4",
     "react": "^16.7.0",
-    "react-blockies": "^1.4.0",
+    "react-blockies": "^1.4.1",
     "react-clipboard.js": "^2.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^16.7.0",
     "react-helmet": "^5.2.0",
     "react-modal": "^3.8.1",
-    "react-pose": "^4.0.5",
+    "react-pose": "^4.0.6",
     "react-qr-svg": "^2.1.0",
     "react-time": "^4.3.0",
-    "react-transition-group": "^2.5.2",
+    "react-transition-group": "^2.5.3",
     "remark": "^10.0.1",
     "remark-react": "^5.0.1",
     "slugify": "^1.3.4",
-    "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.37"
+    "terser": "3.14.1",
+    "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.41"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/node": "^7.2.2",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.2.3",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.3.1",
     "@svgr/webpack": "^4.1.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
-    "eslint": "^5.12.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^3.3.0",
+    "eslint": "^5.13.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint-loader": "^2.1.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-graphql": "^3.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.1.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-graphql": "^3.0.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.4",
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.13.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "ora": "^3.0.0",
-    "prettier": "^1.15.3",
+    "prettier": "^1.16.4",
     "prettier-stylelint": "^0.4.2",
-    "stylelint": "^9.9.0",
+    "stylelint": "^9.10.1",
     "stylelint-config-css-modules": "^1.3.0",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^18.2.0",
-    "stylelint-scss": "^3.4.4",
+    "stylelint-scss": "^3.5.2",
     "why-did-you-update": "^1.0.6"
   },
   "engines": {