diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f52ed44..c30a0ded 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ than just the difference in data durability and running mode:
 * Datoms in a transaction are committed together as a batch, rather than being
   saved by `with-datom` one at a time.
 
+* ACID transaction and rollback are supported.
+
+* Lazy results set and spill to disk are supported.
+
+* Entity and transaction integer ids are 64 bits long, instead of 32 bits.
+
 * Respects `:db/valueType`. Currently, most [Datomic® value
   types](https://docs.datomic.com/on-prem/schema.html#value-types) are
   supported, except uri. Values of the attributes that
diff --git a/bench/README.md b/bench/README.md
index 0ec0f75e..39a377a8 100644
--- a/bench/README.md
+++ b/bench/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ cd bench
 ./bench.clj
 ```
 
-If you are on a version of JVM newer than JDK 8, you may get some warnings. Please ignore them. 
-
 Some of the benchmarks are commented out for they take a long time to run. You can uncomment the appropriate lines in [default-benchmarks](https://github.com/juji-io/datalevin/blob/master/bench/bench.clj#L112) in `bench.clj` to run them.
 
 You can also comment out the appropriate line to run the same benchmark for DataScript.  For more comparisons with other alternatives, you may also consult [this fork](https://github.com/joinr/datalevinbench).
diff --git a/native/test-jar/test.sh b/native/test-jar/test.sh
index 9c3de34f..f2930369 100755
--- a/native/test-jar/test.sh
+++ b/native/test-jar/test.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ fi
 export JAVA_HOME=$GRAALVM_HOME
 export PATH=$GRAALVM_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
+export USE_NATIVE_IMAGE_JAVA_PLATFORM_MODULE_SYSTEM=false
+
 export DTLV_LIB_EXTRACT_DIR=/tmp
 
 clojure -X:uberjar :jar target/test-jar.jar
 
-
 "$GRAALVM_HOME/bin/native-image" \
     -H:CLibraryPath=${DTLV_LIB_EXTRACT_DIR} \
-    -jar target/test-jar.jar \
-    jar-test
+    --verbose \
+    --features=InitAtBuildTimeFeature \
+    -jar target/test-jar.jar jar-test
 
 ./jar-test
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 5a60435c..6ad09c00 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@
                     :source-paths      ["src" "test"]
                     :java-source-paths ["native/src/java"]
                     :jvm-opts
-                    ["-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions"
-                     "--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED"
+                    ["--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED"
                      "--add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED"
                      "--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"
                      "--add-opens=java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED"]
@@ -87,7 +86,8 @@
                      *unchecked-math*       :warn-on-boxed
                      *warn-on-reflection*   true}}}
   :jar-exclusions [#"graal" #"datalevin.ni"]
-  :jvm-opts ["-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"]
+  :jvm-opts ["-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions"
+             "-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"]
   :uberjar-exclusions [#"pod.huahaiy.datalevin-test"]
   :deploy-repositories [["clojars" {:url           "https://repo.clojars.org"
                                     :username      :env/clojars_username
diff --git a/release.clj b/release.clj
index d7679838..b47f1c38 100755
--- a/release.clj
+++ b/release.clj
@@ -76,15 +76,16 @@
   (sh "git" "push" "origin" "master"))
 
 (defn run-tests []
-  (println "\n\n[ Running tests ]\n")
-  (sh "./lein-test")
+  ;; TODO this will fail as graalvm dropped support for java 8
+  ;; (println "\n\n[ Running tests ]\n")
+  ;; (sh "script/lein-test")
 
   (println "\n\n[ Testing jar ]\n")
-  (sh "./jar")
+  (sh "./jar" :dir "script")
   (sh "test-jar/test.sh")
 
   (println "\n\n[ Testing uberjar ]\n")
-  (sh "./uberjar")
+  (sh "./uberjar" :dir "script")
   (sh "test-jar/test-uber.sh")
 
   (println "\n\n[ Testing native jar ]\n")
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
   (update-version)
   (make-commit)
   (github-release)
-  (sh "./deploy")
+  (sh "./deploy" :dir "script")
   (sh "script/deploy" :dir "native")
   (System/exit 0)
   )
diff --git a/deploy b/script/deploy
similarity index 95%
rename from deploy
rename to script/deploy
index e93fc1fa..72f595f2 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/script/deploy
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
+cd ..
+
 lein clean
 lein deploy clojars
diff --git a/jar b/script/jar
similarity index 95%
rename from jar
rename to script/jar
index a0a7315c..c5968aa2 100755
--- a/jar
+++ b/script/jar
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
+cd ..
+
 lein clean
 lein jar
diff --git a/lein-test b/script/lein-test
similarity index 95%
rename from lein-test
rename to script/lein-test
index a0479c3b..36ae0511 100755
--- a/lein-test
+++ b/script/lein-test
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
+cd ..
+
 lein clean
 lein test
diff --git a/uberjar b/script/uberjar
similarity index 95%
rename from uberjar
rename to script/uberjar
index d6ba3dc1..c9f5fffb 100755
--- a/uberjar
+++ b/script/uberjar
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
+cd ..
+
 lein clean
 lein uberjar
diff --git a/test-jar/test-uber.sh b/test-jar/test-uber.sh
index aa6deed1..77e9a475 100755
--- a/test-jar/test-uber.sh
+++ b/test-jar/test-uber.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -eou pipefail
 
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
 jvm_version=$(java -version 2>&1 | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed '/^1\./s///' | cut -d'.' -f1 )
 
 echo $jvm_version
diff --git a/test-jar/test.sh b/test-jar/test.sh
index 82b1047c..d671e8c1 100755
--- a/test-jar/test.sh
+++ b/test-jar/test.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -eou pipefail
 
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
 jvm_version=$(java -version 2>&1 | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed '/^1\./s///' | cut -d'.' -f1 )
 
 echo "Java version $jvm_version"