diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_main.yml b/.github/workflows/build_main.yml
index 8a0660111..2495106ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
       - "**"
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: larger
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
index 1b766a2e3..cd1e62250 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: larger
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_r.yml b/.github/workflows/build_r.yml
index 4c6ad732f..16423758d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_r.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_r.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: larger
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_scala.yml b/.github/workflows/build_scala.yml
index b804b491e..e27c58f35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_scala.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_scala.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: larger
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/gdal/MosaicRasterGDAL.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/gdal/MosaicRasterGDAL.scala
index f94886f5d..c6754df59 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/gdal/MosaicRasterGDAL.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/gdal/MosaicRasterGDAL.scala
@@ -175,11 +175,15 @@ case class MosaicRasterGDAL(
     def isEmpty: Boolean = {
         val bands = getBands
         if (bands.isEmpty) {
-            subdatasets.values
-                .filter(_.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith(getDriversShortName.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)))
-                .flatMap(bp => readRaster(createInfo + ("path" -> bp)).getBands)
-                .takeWhile(_.isEmpty)
-                .nonEmpty
+            if (subdatasets.values.isEmpty) {
+                true
+            } else {
+                subdatasets.values
+                    .filter(_.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith(getDriversShortName.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)))
+                    .flatMap(bp => readRaster(createInfo + ("path" -> bp)).getBands)
+                    .takeWhile(_.isEmpty)
+                    .nonEmpty
+            }
         } else {
             bands.takeWhile(_.isEmpty).nonEmpty
         }
@@ -530,9 +534,10 @@ case class MosaicRasterGDAL(
       */
     def cleanUp(): Unit = {
         // 0.4.4 - don't delete any checkpointing or fuse locations.
-        if (PathUtils.isTmpLocation(path)) {
-            Try(gdal.GetDriverByName(getDriversShortName).Delete(path))
-            PathUtils.cleanUpPath(path)
+        {
+            if (PathUtils.isTmpLocation(path)) {
+                PathUtils.cleanUpPath(path)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -544,6 +549,9 @@ case class MosaicRasterGDAL(
         val raster = getRaster
         if (raster != null) {
             raster.FlushCache()
+            for (band <- getBands) {
+                band.band.delete()
+            }
             raster.delete()
         }
     }
@@ -730,8 +738,8 @@ object MosaicRasterGDAL extends RasterReader {
             case Some(driverShortName) =>
                 val drivers = new JVector[String]()
                 drivers.add(driverShortName)
-                gdal.OpenEx(path, GA_ReadOnly, drivers)
-            case None                  => gdal.Open(path, GA_ReadOnly)
+                gdal.OpenEx(path, OF_READONLY, drivers)
+            case None                  => gdal.Open(path, OF_READONLY)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/clip/RasterClipByVector.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/clip/RasterClipByVector.scala
index 9468426e3..8cba367e4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/clip/RasterClipByVector.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/clip/RasterClipByVector.scala
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ object RasterClipByVector {
         )
 
         VectorClipper.cleanUpClipper(shapeFileName)
+        PathUtils.cleanUpPath(shapeFileName)
 
         result
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALTranslate.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALTranslate.scala
index cb8609343..e2c309ec7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALTranslate.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALTranslate.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.gdal.{MosaicRasterGDAL, MosaicRast
 import org.gdal.gdal.{TranslateOptions, gdal}
 
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
+import scala.util.Try
 
 /** GDALTranslate is a wrapper for the GDAL Translate command. */
 object GDALTranslate {
@@ -32,7 +33,14 @@ object GDALTranslate {
         val translateOptions = new TranslateOptions(translateOptionsVec)
         val result = gdal.Translate(outputPath, raster.getRaster, translateOptions)
         val errorMsg = gdal.GetLastErrorMsg
-        val size = Files.size(Paths.get(outputPath))
+        val size = Try(Files.size(Paths.get(outputPath))).getOrElse(
+            {
+                val msg = "Error during GDAL translate operation: " +
+                    s"file ${raster.getPath} could not be translated to $outputPath " +
+                    s"with command '$effectiveCommand'. GDAL returned error: $errorMsg"
+                throw new Exception(msg)
+            }
+        )
         val createInfo = Map(
           "path" -> outputPath,
           "parentPath" -> raster.getParentPath,
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALWarp.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALWarp.scala
index 5061f7de4..5b8656935 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALWarp.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/gdal/GDALWarp.scala
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.operator.gdal
 
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.gdal.MosaicRasterGDAL
-import org.gdal.gdal.{WarpOptions, gdal}
+import org.gdal.gdal.{Dataset, WarpOptions, gdal}
+import org.gdal.gdalconst.gdalconstConstants
 
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
+import scala.sys.process._
+import scala.util.Try
+
 
 /** GDALWarp is a wrapper for the GDAL Warp command. */
 object GDALWarp {
@@ -22,14 +26,21 @@ object GDALWarp {
       */
     def executeWarp(outputPath: String, rasters: Seq[MosaicRasterGDAL], command: String): MosaicRasterGDAL = {
         require(command.startsWith("gdalwarp"), "Not a valid GDAL Warp command.")
-        // Test: gdal.ParseCommandLine(command)
+
         val effectiveCommand = OperatorOptions.appendOptions(command, rasters.head.getWriteOptions)
         val warpOptionsVec = OperatorOptions.parseOptions(effectiveCommand)
         val warpOptions = new WarpOptions(warpOptionsVec)
         val result = gdal.Warp(outputPath, rasters.map(_.getRaster).toArray, warpOptions)
         // Format will always be the same as the first raster
         val errorMsg = gdal.GetLastErrorMsg
-        val size = Files.size(Paths.get(outputPath))
+        val size = Try(Files.size(Paths.get(outputPath))).getOrElse(
+            {
+                val msg = "Error during GDAL warp operation: " +
+                    s"file(s) \\n '${rasters.map(_.getPath).mkString("\\n")}' could not be reprojected to $outputPath " +
+                    s"with command '$effectiveCommand'. GDAL returned error: $errorMsg"
+                throw new Exception(msg)
+            }
+        )
         val createInfo = Map(
           "path" -> outputPath,
           "parentPath" -> rasters.head.getParentPath,
@@ -41,4 +52,21 @@ object GDALWarp {
         rasters.head.copy(raster = result, createInfo = createInfo).flushCache()
     }
 
+    /**
+        * Executes the GDAL Warp command on a single raster in a thread-safe manner.
+        * @param inPath
+        *  The path of the input raster.
+        * @param outputPath
+        * The output path of the warped file.
+        * @param effectiveCommand
+        * The effective GDAL Warp command, e.g. `gdalwarp -d_srs EPSG:4326`.
+        * @return
+        * A Dataset object.
+     **/
+    private def warpSingleRasterWithGDALApplication(inPath: String, outputPath: String, effectiveCommand: String): Dataset = this.synchronized {
+        val executedCommand = s"$effectiveCommand $inPath $outputPath"
+        val commandOutput = executedCommand.!!
+        gdal.Open(outputPath, gdalconstConstants.GA_ReadOnly)
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/retile/BalancedSubdivision.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/retile/BalancedSubdivision.scala
index daa0e6266..2de8b4a6d 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/retile/BalancedSubdivision.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/core/raster/operator/retile/BalancedSubdivision.scala
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ object BalancedSubdivision {
         tile: MosaicRasterTile,
         sizeInMb: Int
     ): Seq[MosaicRasterTile] = {
+        if (sizeInMb <= 0) return Seq(tile)
         val numSplits = getNumSplits(tile.getRaster, sizeInMb)
         val (x, y) = tile.getRaster.getDimensions
         val (tileX, tileY) = getTileSize(x, y, numSplits)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/gdal/ReTileOnRead.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/gdal/ReTileOnRead.scala
index 208f5ffd5..e6043aaba 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/gdal/ReTileOnRead.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/gdal/ReTileOnRead.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.datasource.gdal
 
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.index.{IndexSystem, IndexSystemFactory}
+import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.api.GDAL
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.gdal.MosaicRasterGDAL
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.io.RasterCleaner
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.operator.retile.BalancedSubdivision
@@ -14,8 +15,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
-import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
-
 /** An object defining the retiling read strategy for the GDAL file format. */
 object ReTileOnRead extends ReadStrategy {
 
@@ -89,11 +88,34 @@ object ReTileOnRead extends ReadStrategy {
         options: Map[String, String],
         indexSystem: IndexSystem
     ): Iterator[InternalRow] = {
-        val inPath = status.getPath.toString
         val uuid = getUUID(status)
         val sizeInMB = options.getOrElse("sizeInMB", "16").toInt
 
-        var tmpPath = PathUtils.copyToTmpWithRetry(inPath, 5)
+        val inPath = status.getPath.toString
+        val tmpPath = options.getOrElse("readSubdataset", "false").toBoolean match {
+            case true =>
+                val readRaster = GDAL.raster(status.getPath.toString, status.getPath.toString)
+                val subDatasets = readRaster.subdatasets
+                if (subDatasets.isEmpty) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(s"Option 'readSubdataset' was set to 'true' but no subdatasets were found in ${status.getPath.toString}")
+                }
+                if (options.contains("subdatasetName")) {
+                    val subdatasetName = options("subdatasetName")
+                    if (!subDatasets.contains(subdatasetName)) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException(s"Subdataset $subdatasetName not found in ${status.getPath.toString}")
+                    }
+
+                    val subdatasetPath = PathUtils.createTmpFilePath(readRaster.getRasterFileExtension)
+                    readRaster.getSubdataset(subdatasetName).writeToPath(subdatasetPath)
+                    readRaster.destroy()
+                    subdatasetPath
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(s"Option 'readSubdataset' was set to 'true' but 'subdatasetName' was not provided for ${status.getPath.toString}")
+                }
+            case false => PathUtils.copyToTmpWithRetry(inPath, 5)
+        }
+
         val tiles = localSubdivide(tmpPath, inPath, sizeInMB)
 
         val rows = tiles.map(tile => {
@@ -117,7 +139,8 @@ object ReTileOnRead extends ReadStrategy {
             row
         })
 
-        Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(tmpPath))
+        PathUtils.cleanUpPath(tmpPath)
+//        Try(Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(tmpPath)))
 
         rows.iterator
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReader.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReader.scala
index 2f5bf39b6..4aadf8b87 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReader.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReader.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.datasource.multiread
 
-import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.MOSAIC_RASTER_READ_STRATEGY
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.functions.MosaicContext
+import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.{MOSAIC_RASTER_READ_STRATEGY, MOSAIC_RASTER_RE_TILE_ON_READ}
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
 
@@ -39,31 +39,27 @@ class RasterAsGridReader(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends MosaicDataFrameRead
         val config = getConfig
         val resolution = config("resolution").toInt
         val nPartitions = getNPartitions(config)
-        val readStrategy = config("retile") match {
-            case "true" => "retile_on_read"
-            case _      => "in_memory"
-        }
-        val tileSize = config("sizeInMB").toInt
+
+        val tileSizeInMB = config("sizeInMB").toInt
 
         val nCores = nWorkers * workerNCores
         val stageCoefficient = math.ceil(math.log(nCores) / math.log(4))
 
-        val firstStageSize = (tileSize * math.pow(4, stageCoefficient)).toInt
+        val firstStageSize = (tileSizeInMB * math.pow(4, stageCoefficient)).toInt
 
         val pathsDf = sparkSession.read
             .format("gdal")
             .option("extensions", config("extensions"))
-            .option(MOSAIC_RASTER_READ_STRATEGY, readStrategy)
+            .option(MOSAIC_RASTER_READ_STRATEGY, MOSAIC_RASTER_RE_TILE_ON_READ)
             .option("vsizip", config("vsizip"))
             .option("sizeInMB", firstStageSize)
+            .options(extraOptions)
             .load(paths: _*)
             .repartition(nPartitions)
 
-        val rasterToGridCombiner = getRasterToGridFunc(config("combiner"))
+        val retiledDf = retileRaster(pathsDf, config)
 
-        val rasterDf = resolveRaster(pathsDf, config)
-
-        val retiledDf = retileRaster(rasterDf, config)
+        val rasterToGridCombiner = getRasterToGridFunc(config("combiner"))
 
         val loadedDf = retiledDf
             .withColumn(
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/RST_Avg.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/RST_Avg.scala
index f515d4c5e..d2255255b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/RST_Avg.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/RST_Avg.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case class RST_Avg(tileExpr: Expression, expressionConfig: MosaicExpressionConfi
         // parse json from gdalinfo
         val json = parse(gdalInfo).extract[Map[String, Any]]
         val meanValues = json("bands").asInstanceOf[List[Map[String, Any]]].map { band =>
-            band("mean").asInstanceOf[Double]
+            band.getOrElse("mean", Double.NaN).asInstanceOf[Double]
         }
         ArrayData.toArrayData(meanValues.toArray)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterExpression.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterExpression.scala
index 47f274583..b29e7f6d5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterExpression.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterExpression.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.expressions.raster.base
 
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.index.{IndexSystem, IndexSystemFactory}
-import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.api.GDAL
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.io.RasterCleaner
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.types.RasterTileType
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.types.model.MosaicRasterTile
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ abstract class RasterExpression[T <: Expression: ClassTag](
       *   The result of the expression.
       */
     override def nullSafeEval(input: Any): Any = {
-        GDAL.enable(expressionConfig)
         val rasterType = RasterTileType(rasterExpr, expressionConfig.isRasterUseCheckpoint).rasterType
         val tile = MosaicRasterTile.deserialize(
           input.asInstanceOf[InternalRow],
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterTessellateGeneratorExpression.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterTessellateGeneratorExpression.scala
index 80871b66d..c8cf2e329 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterTessellateGeneratorExpression.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/expressions/raster/base/RasterTessellateGeneratorExpression.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.expressions.raster.base
 
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.geometry.api.GeometryAPI
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.index.{IndexSystem, IndexSystemFactory}
-import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.api.GDAL
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.raster.io.RasterCleaner
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.types.RasterTileType
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.core.types.model.MosaicRasterTile
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ abstract class RasterTessellateGeneratorExpression[T <: Expression: ClassTag](
     def rasterGenerator(raster: MosaicRasterTile, resolution: Int): Seq[MosaicRasterTile]
 
     override def eval(input: InternalRow): TraversableOnce[InternalRow] = {
-        GDAL.enable(expressionConfig)
         val rasterType = RasterTileType(tileExpr, expressionConfig.isRasterUseCheckpoint).rasterType
         val tile = MosaicRasterTile
             .deserialize(tileExpr.eval(input).asInstanceOf[InternalRow], indexSystem.getCellIdDataType, rasterType)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/utils/PathUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/utils/PathUtils.scala
index 6cffc17c5..d17d8de8e 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/utils/PathUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/utils/PathUtils.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package com.databricks.labs.mosaic.utils
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.MOSAIC_RASTER_TMP_PREFIX_DEFAULT
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.functions.MosaicContext
 
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
+import java.time.Clock
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import scala.util.Try
 
@@ -40,11 +42,33 @@ object PathUtils {
             Try(Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(zipPath.replace(".zip", ""))))
         }
         Try(Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(zipPath)))
+        collectEmptyTmpDirs()
+    }
+
+    private def collectEmptyTmpDirs(): Unit = this.synchronized {
+        // iterate over all the directories in the temp location and delete any that are empty
+        // and older than 10 seconds
+        // This needs to be thread safe so we don't try and probe a directory
+        // that has been deleted in another thread
+        val tmpDir = Paths.get(MosaicContext.tmpDir(null)).getParent
+        if (Files.exists(tmpDir)) {
+            tmpDir.toFile
+                .listFiles
+                .filter(_.isDirectory)
+                .filter({ f =>
+                    val attrs = Files.readAttributes(Paths.get(f.getAbsolutePath), classOf[BasicFileAttributes])
+                    val lastModifiedTime = attrs.lastModifiedTime().toInstant
+                    Clock.systemDefaultZone().instant().minusSeconds(10).isAfter(lastModifiedTime)
+                })
+                .filter(_.listFiles.isEmpty)
+                .foreach({ f => Try(f.delete()) })
+        }
     }
 
     /**
       * Copy provided path to tmp.
-      * @param inPath
+     *
+     * @param inPath
       *   Path to copy from.
       * @return
       *   The copied path.
@@ -152,6 +176,8 @@ object PathUtils {
         s"$format:$vsiPrefix$filePath:$subdataset"
     }
 
+
+
     /**
       * Clean path.
       * - handles fuse paths.
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReaderTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReaderTest.scala
index 33f42f619..a10bef934 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReaderTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/labs/mosaic/datasource/multiread/RasterAsGridReaderTest.scala
@@ -17,22 +17,27 @@ class RasterAsGridReaderTest extends MosaicSpatialQueryTest with SharedSparkSess
 
     test("Read netcdf with Raster As Grid Reader") {
         assume(System.getProperty("os.name") == "Linux")
-        MosaicContext.build(H3IndexSystem, JTS)
+        assume(checkpointingEnabled)
+        val mc = MosaicContext.build(H3IndexSystem, JTS)
+        mc.register(spark)
+
 
         val netcdf = "/binary/netcdf-coral/"
-        val filePath = getClass.getResource(netcdf).getPath
+        val filePath = this.getClass.getResource(netcdf).getPath
 
         noException should be thrownBy MosaicContext.read
             .format("raster_to_grid")
-            .option("retile", "true")
-            .option("tileSize", "10")
+            .option("sizeInMB", "16")
+            .option("resolution", "0")
             .option("readSubdataset", "true")
-            .option("subdataset", "1")
+            .option("subdatasetName", "bleaching_alert_area")
+            .option("retile", "true")
+            .option("tileSize", "600")
             .option("kRingInterpolate", "3")
+            .option("combiner", "avg")
             .load(filePath)
             .select("measure")
-            .queryExecution
-            .executedPlan
+            .take(1)
 
     }
 
@@ -45,10 +50,12 @@ class RasterAsGridReaderTest extends MosaicSpatialQueryTest with SharedSparkSess
 
         noException should be thrownBy MosaicContext.read
             .format("raster_to_grid")
+            .option("sizeInMB", "16")
+            .option("resolution", "0")
             .option("extensions", "grib")
             .option("combiner", "min")
             .option("retile", "true")
-            .option("tileSize", "10")
+            .option("tileSize", "100")
             .option("kRingInterpolate", "3")
             .load(filePath)
             .select("measure")
@@ -65,8 +72,11 @@ class RasterAsGridReaderTest extends MosaicSpatialQueryTest with SharedSparkSess
 
         noException should be thrownBy MosaicContext.read
             .format("raster_to_grid")
+            .option("sizeInMB", "16")
+            .option("resolution", "0")
+            .option("retile", "true")
+            .option("tileSize", "100")
             .option("combiner", "max")
-            .option("tileSize", "10")
             .option("kRingInterpolate", "3")
             .load(filePath)
             .select("measure")
diff --git a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSessionGDAL.scala b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSessionGDAL.scala
index 9570b5d75..2300480b9 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSessionGDAL.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSessionGDAL.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.test
 
+import com.databricks.labs.mosaic._
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.gdal.MosaicGDAL
 import com.databricks.labs.mosaic.utils.FileUtils
-import com.databricks.labs.mosaic._
+
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 import org.scalatest.{Args, CompositeStatus, Status}