diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 06b09dd..efc1c41 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	humanize "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
-	psutil "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func main() {
 		for {
 			workQueue <- struct{}{}
 			go func() {
-				cmd := exec.Command("memStress", "--size", memSize, "--workers", fmt.Sprintf("%d", workers),
+				cmd := exec.Command("./memStress", "--size", memSize, "--workers", fmt.Sprintf("%d", workers),
 					"--time", growthTime, "--client", "1")
 				cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
 					Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGTERM,
@@ -114,7 +113,11 @@ func main() {
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 		}
 	} else {
-		memInfo, _ := psutil.VirtualMemory()
+		totalMem, err := getTotalMemory()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("get total memory err:", err)
+			return
+		}
 		var length uint64
 
 		if memSize[len(memSize)-1] != '%' {
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ func main() {
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
 			}
-			length = uint64(float64(memInfo.Total) / 100.0 * percentage)
+			length = uint64(float64(totalMem) / 100.0 * percentage)
 		}
 
 		timeLine, err := time.ParseDuration(growthTime)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c011770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	psutil "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
+)
+
+const (
+	cgroupV2Path    = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max"
+	cgroupV1Path    = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes"
+	cgroupNoLimitV1 = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFF000
+)
+
+// Read file content and parse as uint64
+func readUintFromFile(path string) (uint64, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	content := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+	return strconv.ParseUint(content, 10, 64)
+}
+
+// Check cgroup v2 memory limit
+func getCgroupV2Limit() (uint64, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cgroupV2Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	content := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+	if content == "max" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cgroup v2: no memory limit set")
+	}
+	limit, err := strconv.ParseUint(content, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil || limit == 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cgroup v2: invalid memory limit")
+	}
+	return limit, nil
+}
+
+// Check cgroup v1 memory limit
+func getCgroupV1Limit() (uint64, error) {
+	limit, err := readUintFromFile(cgroupV1Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	// 0 or cgroup's "infinity" value means no limit
+	if limit == 0 || limit >= cgroupNoLimitV1 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cgroup v1: no memory limit set")
+	}
+	return limit, nil
+}
+
+// Get total memory, prefer cgroup v2 -> cgroup v1 -> host
+func getTotalMemory() (uint64, error) {
+	if limit, err := getCgroupV2Limit(); err == nil {
+		return limit, nil
+	}
+	if limit, err := getCgroupV1Limit(); err == nil {
+		return limit, nil
+	}
+	mem, err := psutil.VirtualMemory()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get system memory: %v", err)
+	}
+	return mem.Total, nil
+}