diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index a7dcb6db28..90f76fad2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
         # GCC 4.8.5 in manylinux2014 container doesn't support c11 atomic. This caused issues with the `ring` crate that causes TLS to fail
         container: messense/manylinux_2_24-cross:aarch64
         args: --profile release-lto --out dist --sdist
+      env:
+        JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE: 16
 
     - name: Build wheels - Mac aarch64
       if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos') && (matrix.compile_arch == 'aarch64')  }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 440896e99b..a27c57e123 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1006,8 +1006,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "daft-parquet",
  "daft-plan",
  "daft-table",
+ "libc",
  "pyo3",
  "pyo3-log",
+ "tikv-jemallocator",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3330,6 +3332,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.5.4+5.3.0-patched"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9402443cb8fd499b6f327e40565234ff34dbda27460c5b47db0db77443dd85d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemallocator"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "965fe0c26be5c56c94e38ba547249074803efd52adfb66de62107d95aab3eaca"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b245ba355f..33a87c7198 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ lto = 'fat'
 [profile.rust-analyzer]
 inherits = "dev"
 
+[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+libc = {version = "^0.2.8", default-features = false}
+tikv-jemallocator = {version = "0.5.4", features = ["disable_initial_exec_tls"]}
+
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "src/common/error",
diff --git a/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs b/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
index 16a3253420..899823b8c1 100644
--- a/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ fn streaming_decompression<S: futures::Stream<Item = parquet2::error::Result<Com
 
             rayon::spawn(move || {
                 let mut buffer = vec![];
-                let _ = send.send(decompress(compressed_page, &mut buffer));
+                let page = decompress(compressed_page, &mut buffer);
+                let _ = send.send(page);
 
             });
             yield recv.await.expect("panic while decompressing page");
@@ -399,7 +400,6 @@ impl ParquetFileReader {
                                             all_arrays.push(arr);
                                         }
                                     }
-
                                     all_arrays
                                         .into_iter()
                                         .map(|a| {
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ impl ParquetFileReader {
                     rayon::spawn(move || {
                         let concated =
                             Series::concat(&series_to_concat.iter().flatten().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+                        drop(series_to_concat);
                         let _ = send.send(concated);
                     });
                     recv.await.context(OneShotRecvSnafu {})?
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d0fa53d663..2339334461 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,37 @@
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+use tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
+
+union U {
+    x: &'static u8,
+    y: &'static libc::c_char,
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_env = "gnu")]
+#[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+#[export_name = "_rjem_malloc_conf"]
+pub static malloc_conf: Option<&'static libc::c_char> = Some(unsafe {
+    U {
+        x: &b"oversize_threshold:1,background_thread:true,dirty_decay_ms:1000,muzzy_decay_ms:1000\0"[0],
+    }
+    .y
+});
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+#[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+#[export_name = "_rjem_malloc_conf"]
+pub static malloc_conf: Option<&'static libc::c_char> = Some(unsafe {
+    U {
+        x: &b"oversize_threshold:1,background_thread:false,dirty_decay_ms:0,muzzy_decay_ms:0\0"[0],
+    }
+    .y
+});
+
 #[cfg(feature = "python")]
 pub mod pylib {
-
     use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
     #[pyfunction]