diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 6f53877f9..3159c0b3a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
 FFTW = "7a1cc6ca-52ef-59f5-83cd-3a7055c09341"
 Graphs = "86223c79-3864-5bf0-83f7-82e725a168b6"
 IncompleteLU = "40713840-3770-5561-ab4c-a76e7d0d7895"
-LaTeXStrings = "b964fa9f-0449-5b57-a5c2-d3ea65f4040f"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 LinearSolve = "7ed4a6bd-45f5-4d41-b270-4a48e9bafcae"
 OrdinaryDiffEqCore = "bbf590c4-e513-4bbe-9b18-05decba2e5d8"
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ GPUArrays = "10, 11"
 Graphs = "1.7"
 IncompleteLU = "0.2"
 KernelAbstractions = "0.9.2"
-LaTeXStrings = "1.2"
 LinearAlgebra = "1"
 LinearSolve = "2, 3"
 Makie = "0.20, 0.21, 0.22"
diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index 0a8354412..8308c9cb2 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ end
 DocMeta.setdocmeta!(QuantumToolbox, :DocTestSetup, doctest_setup; recursive = true)
 
 # some options for `makedocs`
-const DRAFT = false  # set `true`  to disable cell evaluation
-const DOCTEST = true # set `false` to skip doc tests
+const DRAFT = get(ENV, "DRAFT", false) == "true"  # set `true`  to disable cell evaluation
+const DOCTEST = get(ENV, "DOCTEST", true) == "true" # set `false` to skip doc tests
 
 # generate bibliography
 bib = CitationBibliography(
diff --git a/ext/QuantumToolboxMakieExt.jl b/ext/QuantumToolboxMakieExt.jl
index 2200fc26f..c77aceff9 100644
--- a/ext/QuantumToolboxMakieExt.jl
+++ b/ext/QuantumToolboxMakieExt.jl
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ function _draw_bloch_sphere!(b::Bloch, ax)
     base_color = parse(RGBf, b.sphere_color)
     sphere_color = RGBAf(base_color, b.sphere_alpha)
     sphere_mesh = Sphere(Point3f(0), radius)
-    mesh!(ax, sphere_mesh; color = sphere_color, shading = NoShading, transparency = true)
+    mesh!(ax, sphere_mesh; color = sphere_color, shading = NoShading, transparency = true, rasterize = 3)
     θ_vals = range(0.0f0, 2π, length = n_lon + 1)[1:(end-1)]
     φ_curve = range(0.0f0, π, length = 600)
     line_alpha = max(0.05, b.sphere_alpha * 0.5)
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ function _plot_vectors!(b::Bloch, ax)
             linewidth = b.vector_width,
             arrowsize = arrowsize_vec,
             arrowcolor = color,
+            rasterize = 3,
         )
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/visualization.jl b/src/visualization.jl
index 3605f21c5..34d5c4252 100644
--- a/src/visualization.jl
+++ b/src/visualization.jl
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ A structure representing a Bloch sphere visualization for quantum states.
 - `view::Tuple{Int,Int}}`: Azimuthal and elevation viewing angles in degrees (default: (-60, 30))
 
 ## Label properties
-- `xlabel::Vector{AbstractString}}`: Labels for x-axis (default: [L"x", ""])
+- `xlabel::Vector{String}}`: Labels for x-axis (default: [raw"$x$", ""])
 - `xlpos::Vector{Float64}}`: Positions of x-axis labels (default: [1.0, -1.0])
-- `ylabel::Vector{AbstractString}}`: Labels for y-axis (default: [L"y", ""])
+- `ylabel::Vector{String}}`: Labels for y-axis (default: [raw"$y$", ""])
 - `ylpos::Vector{Float64}}`: Positions of y-axis labels (default: [1.0, -1.0])
-- `zlabel::Vector{AbstractString}}`: Labels for z-axis (default: [L"|0\rangle", L"|1\rangle"])
+- `zlabel::Vector{String}}`: Labels for z-axis (default: [raw"$|0\rangle$", raw"$|1\rangle$"])
 - `zlpos::Vector{Float64}}`: Positions of z-axis labels (default: [1.0, -1.0])
 """
 @kwdef mutable struct Bloch
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ A structure representing a Bloch sphere visualization for quantum states.
     vector_width::Float64 = 0.025
     vector_arrowsize::NTuple{3,Real} = (0.07, 0.08, 0.08)
     view::Tuple{Int,Int} = (-60, 30)
-    xlabel::Vector{AbstractString} = [L"x", ""]
+    xlabel::Vector{String} = [raw"$x$", raw""]
     xlpos::Vector{Float64} = [1.0, -1.0]
-    ylabel::Vector{AbstractString} = [L"y", ""]
+    ylabel::Vector{String} = [raw"$y$", ""]
     ylpos::Vector{Float64} = [1.0, -1.0]
-    zlabel::Vector{AbstractString} = [L"|0\rangle", L"|1\rangle"]
+    zlabel::Vector{String} = [raw"$|0\rangle$", raw"$|1\rangle$"]
     zlpos::Vector{Float64} = [1.0, -1.0]
 end