diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index ff7e653..83178d0 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ serum_crank.tar
 serum_crank.tar.gz
 Makefile
 README.md
+my-crank.log
 
 # regexs
 **/*.txt
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 21fb13d..b9bba62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 3.0.0-beta.4",
  "debug_print",
  "enumflags2",
+ "jemallocator",
  "log",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "safe-transmute",
@@ -1040,6 +1041,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2022715d62ab30faffd124d40b76f4134a550a87792276512b18d63272333394"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fuchsia-zircon"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1575,6 +1582,27 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d3b9f3f5c9b31aa0f5ed3260385ac205db665baa41d49bb8338008ae94ede45"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "fs_extra",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jemallocator"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43ae63fcfc45e99ab3d1b29a46782ad679e98436c3169d15a167a1108a724b69"
+dependencies = [
+ "jemalloc-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.23"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 73528dc..327b601 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 debug_print = "1.0.0"
 tokio = {version = "0.2", features = ["full"]}
 warp = "0.2"
+jemallocator = "0.3.2"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "fat"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bb3564..2b7be46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Docker image for serum crank using maximal rust compiler optimizations. See [ser
 # Differences From Upstream
 
 * Specifies `--url` as the RPC to connect to instead of network which ends up using public rpc infra
+* Forces global allocator to use jemalloc
 
 # Docker Image
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a89b360..1ba9322 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ services:
       NUMWORKERS: 1
       RPC_URL: "https://solana-api.projectserum.com"
     volumes:
-      - ./payer.json:/tmp/payer.json
-      - ./tulip_crank_logs:/logdir
\ No newline at end of file
+      - ./payer.json:/tmp/payer.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 2433a20..ee71336 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Clap;
 use crank::Opts;