diff --git a/cpp/pixels-retina/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/pixels-retina/CMakeLists.txt
index d6fdda101..e643430fd 100644
--- a/cpp/pixels-retina/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/pixels-retina/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ if(ENABLE_JEMALLOC)
             URL https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.3.0/jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2
             CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure
             --prefix=${JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR}
+            --with-jemalloc-prefix=je_
             --enable-prof
             --enable-stats
             --enable-shared
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ if(ENABLE_JEMALLOC)
     add_dependencies(jemalloc_lib jemalloc_ext)
 
     add_definitions(-DENABLE_JEMALLOC)
-    add_definitions(-DJEMALLOC_MANGLE)
 endif()
 
 # Disable gtest installation
@@ -93,10 +93,19 @@ add_library(pixels-retina SHARED ${SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(pixels-retina PROPERTIES
         OUTPUT_NAME "pixels-retina"
         LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib"
+        # Set the rpath to the current directory, so that the jemalloc library can be found at runtime
+        INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN"
+        BUILD_RPATH "$ORIGIN"
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(pixels-retina PRIVATE ${JNI_LIBRARIES})
 
+# Disable rpath
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH FALSE)
+set_target_properties(pixels-retina PROPERTIES
+        INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH FALSE
+)
+
 if(ENABLE_JEMALLOC)
     target_link_libraries(pixels-retina PRIVATE jemalloc_lib pthread dl)
     if(UNIX)
diff --git a/cpp/pixels-retina/lib/RGVisibilityJni.cpp b/cpp/pixels-retina/lib/RGVisibilityJni.cpp
index d97d5c720..ff655f8a7 100644
--- a/cpp/pixels-retina/lib/RGVisibilityJni.cpp
+++ b/cpp/pixels-retina/lib/RGVisibilityJni.cpp
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_io_pixelsdb_pixels_retina_RGVisibility_getNativeMem
 
     // 1. Try to refresh jemalloc epoch to ensure stats are current.
     // Return -2 if this fails, as defined in Java's handleMemoryMetric.
-    if (mallctl("epoch", NULL, NULL, &epoch, sizeof(uint64_t)) != 0) {
+    if (je_mallctl("epoch", NULL, NULL, &epoch, sizeof(uint64_t)) != 0) {
         return -2;
     }
 
     // 2. Try to read the actual allocated bytes.
     // Return -3 if this fails, which often implies a config/prefix mismatch.
-    if (mallctl("stats.allocated", &allocated, &sz, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+    if (je_mallctl("stats.allocated", &allocated, &sz, NULL, 0) != 0) {
         return -3;
     }
 
diff --git a/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties b/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
index 0558df643..dbb18f564 100644
--- a/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
+++ b/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ memspl = [1,8,16,32,64]
 
 # set to true to enable pixels-retina
 retina.enable=false
+# number of rows in each tile visibility, must be a multiple of 64
+retina.tile.visibility.capacity=10240
 # number of rows recorded in memTable, must be a multiple of 64
 retina.buffer.memTable.size=10240
 # the scheme of the storage for retina buffer object storage, e.g., s3, minio
diff --git a/pixels-retina/pom.xml b/pixels-retina/pom.xml
index d391f9651..f17e8b27a 100644
--- a/pixels-retina/pom.xml
+++ b/pixels-retina/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pixels.retina.capacity>10240</pixels.retina.capacity>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -163,11 +162,14 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <target>
+                            <target xmlns:if="ant:if">
+                                <!-- Load only if pixels.properties exists, and only when the configuration file contains the retina tile visibility capacity setting. -->
+                                <available file="${env.PIXELS_HOME}/etc/pixels.properties" property="pixels.properties.exists"/>
+                                <loadproperties srcFile="${env.PIXELS_HOME}/etc/pixels.properties" if:set="pixels.properties.exists"/>
                                 <exec executable="cmake" failonerror="true" outputproperty="cmake.output" errorproperty="cmake.error">
                                     <arg line="-B ${project.basedir}/../cpp/pixels-retina/build"/>
                                     <arg line="-S ${project.basedir}/../cpp/pixels-retina"/>
-                                    <arg line="-DRETINA_CAPACITY=${pixels.retina.capacity}"/>
+                                    <arg line="-DRETINA_CAPACITY=${retina.tile.visibility.capacity}" if:set="retina.tile.visibility.capacity"/>
                                 </exec>
                                 <exec executable="make" dir="${project.basedir}/../cpp/pixels-retina/build" failonerror="true" outputproperty="make.output" errorproperty="make.error">
                                     <arg value="install"/>