diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a68a9e..745fbdf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@
                         <annotationProcessorPath>
                             <groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
                             <artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId>
-                            <version>${maven.hibernate.version}</version>
+                            <!--<version>${maven.hibernate.version}</version>-->
+                            <version>6.4.8.Final</version>
                         </annotationProcessorPath>
                         <path>
                             <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/BaseEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/BaseEntity.java
index e0d86e9..0f7fcd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/BaseEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/BaseEntity.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.entityassist;
 
-import com.entityassist.exceptions.QueryBuilderException;
 import com.entityassist.querybuilder.QueryBuilder;
 import com.entityassist.services.entities.IBaseEntity;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAutoDetect;
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ public BaseEntity() {
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @NotNull
     public J persist() {
-        builder().persist((J) this);
-        return (J) this;
+        return builder().persist((J) this).getEntity();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilder.java
index 8dd758f..e02dceb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilder.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public Long getCount()
 			}
 			catch (NoResultException nre)
 			{
-				Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn''t find object with name : " + getEntityClass().getName() + "}\n", nre);
+				Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn't find object with name : " + getEntityClass().getName(), nre);
 				return 0L;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilderSCD.java b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilderSCD.java
index c8984a7..bd26651 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilderSCD.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/QueryBuilderSCD.java
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 package com.entityassist.querybuilder;
 
-import com.entityassist.*;
+import com.entityassist.RootEntity;
+import com.entityassist.SCDEntity;
 import com.entityassist.enumerations.Operand;
-
-
+import com.entityassist.enumerations.OrderByType;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.time.*;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import static com.entityassist.SCDEntity.*;
-import static java.time.ZoneOffset.*;
+import static com.entityassist.SCDEntity.EndOfTime;
+import static com.entityassist.SCDEntity.getNow;
+import static java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public abstract class QueryBuilderSCD<J extends QueryBuilderSCD<J, E, I>, E extends SCDEntity<E, J, I>, I extends Serializable>
@@ -285,5 +289,10 @@ public static LocalDateTime convertToLocalDateTime(OffsetDateTime ldt, String ti
 		ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = ldt.atZoneSameInstant(ZoneId.of(timezone));
 		return zonedDateTime.toLocalDateTime();
 	}
-	
+
+	public J latestFirst()
+	{
+		orderBy(getAttribute(WAREHOUSE_UPDATED_DATE_COLUMN_NAME), OrderByType.DESC);
+		return (J)this;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/builders/QueryBuilderRoot.java b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/builders/QueryBuilderRoot.java
index 5c716d3..ee1d358 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/builders/QueryBuilderRoot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/entityassist/querybuilder/builders/QueryBuilderRoot.java
@@ -245,12 +245,14 @@ public J persist(E entity)
                 boolean transactionAlreadyStarted = false;
                 getEntityManager().persist(entity);
                 entity.setFake(false);
+                setEntity(entity);
             }
         }
         catch (IllegalStateException ise)
         {
             Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName())
                   .log(Level.SEVERE, "This entity is not in a state to be persisted. Perhaps an update merge remove or refresh?", ise);
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(ise);
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {