diff --git a/cozorocks/bridge/db.cpp b/cozorocks/bridge/db.cpp
index 07e14736..0183be88 100644
--- a/cozorocks/bridge/db.cpp
+++ b/cozorocks/bridge/db.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,31 @@
 #include "db.h"
 #include "cozorocks/src/bridge/mod.rs.h"
 
+unique_ptr<Options> default_db_options() {
+    auto options = make_unique<Options>();
+    options->compression = kLZ4Compression;
+    options->bottommost_compression = kZSTD;
+    options->level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes = true;
+    options->max_background_compactions = 4;
+    options->max_background_flushes = 2;
+    options->bytes_per_sync = 1048576;
+    options->compaction_pri = kMinOverlappingRatio;
+    BlockBasedTableOptions table_options;
+    table_options.block_size = 16 * 1024;
+    table_options.cache_index_and_filter_blocks = true;
+    table_options.pin_l0_filter_and_index_blocks_in_cache = true;
+    table_options.format_version = 5;
+
+    auto table_factory = NewBlockBasedTableFactory(table_options);
+    options->table_factory.reset(table_factory);
+
+    return options;
+}
+
 shared_ptr<RawRocksDbBridge>
 open_raw_db(const DbOpts &opts, RocksDbStatus &status, bool use_cmp, RustComparatorFn cmp_impl, bool no_wal) {
-    auto options = make_unique<Options>();
+    auto options = default_db_options();
+
     if (opts.prepare_for_bulk_load) {
         options->PrepareForBulkLoad();
     }
@@ -68,7 +90,8 @@ open_raw_db(const DbOpts &opts, RocksDbStatus &status, bool use_cmp, RustCompara
 }
 
 shared_ptr<RocksDbBridge> open_db(const DbOpts &opts, RocksDbStatus &status, bool use_cmp, RustComparatorFn cmp_impl) {
-    auto options = make_unique<Options>();
+    auto options = default_db_options();
+
     if (opts.prepare_for_bulk_load) {
         options->PrepareForBulkLoad();
     }
diff --git a/cozorocks/build.rs b/cozorocks/build.rs
index c010356d..10a811dc 100644
--- a/cozorocks/build.rs
+++ b/cozorocks/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 use std::env::var;
 
 fn main() {
+    cxx_build::bridge("src/bridge/mod.rs")
+        .files(["bridge/status.cpp", "bridge/db.cpp", "bridge/tx.cpp"])
+        .include("deps/include")
+        .include("bridge")
+        .flag_if_supported("-std=c++17")
+        .compile("cozorocks");
+
     let manifest_dir = var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
 
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search={}/deps/lib/", manifest_dir);
@@ -23,11 +30,4 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=bridge/iter.h");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=bridge/tx.h");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=bridge/tx.cpp");
-
-    cxx_build::bridge("src/bridge/mod.rs")
-        .files(["bridge/status.cpp", "bridge/db.cpp", "bridge/tx.cpp"])
-        .include("deps/include")
-        .include("bridge")
-        .flag_if_supported("-std=c++17")
-        .compile("cozorocks");
 }
diff --git a/cozorocks/build_rocksdb.sh b/cozorocks/build_rocksdb.sh
index 342578c0..e8428a85 100755
--- a/cozorocks/build_rocksdb.sh
+++ b/cozorocks/build_rocksdb.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p deps
+mkdir -p deps/lib
 INSTALL_DIR=$(readlink -f deps)
 echo "$INSTALL_DIR"
 
@@ -31,12 +32,18 @@ export EXTRA_CXXFLAGS='-fPIC'
 #  JEMALLOC_LIB=" $JEMALLOC_BASE/lib/libjemalloc.a" \
 #  JEMALLOC=1 \
 
+DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make libz.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a libzstd.a
+mv ./*.a ../deps/lib || exit
+
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fPIC -I${PWD}/lz4-1.9.3/lib"
+export EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-fPIC -I${PWD}/lz4-1.9.3/lib"
+
 DEBUG_LEVEL=0 \
   USE_RTTI=1 \
   USE_CLANG=1 \
   PREFIX=$INSTALL_DIR \
   make install-static || exit
 
-DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make libz.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a libzstd.a
 mv ./*.a ../deps/lib || exit
+
 make clean