diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47c1a2ea..715365c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /release
 .DS_Store
 /.idea/
+flamegraph.svg
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1fa07ed..8e52222e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "567b077b825e468cc974f0020d4082ee6e03132512f207ef1a02fd5d00d1f32d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.3.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8fd72866655d1904d6b0997d0b07ba561047d070fbe29de039031c641b61217"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "043164d8ba5c4c3035fec9bbee8647c0261d788f3474306f93bb65901cae0e86"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.31"
@@ -33,6 +51,15 @@ version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4c527152e37cf757a3f78aae5a06fbeefdb07ccc535c980a3208ee3060dd544"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayvec"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd9fd44efafa8690358b7408d253adf110036b88f55672a933f01d616ad9b1b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "nodrop",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -98,7 +125,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d8fb2d74254a3a0b5cac33ac9f8ed0e44aa50378d9dbb2e5d83bd21ed1dc2c8a"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
- "arrayvec",
+ "arrayvec 0.5.1",
  "constant_time_eq",
 ]
 
@@ -160,12 +187,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f1af9ac737b2dd2d577701e59fd09ba34822f6f2ebdb30a7647405d9e55e16a"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random-macro"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25e4c606eb459dd29f7c57b2e0879f2b6f14ee130918c2b78ccb58a9624e6c7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpp_demangle"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c924384107361ca729c7d46b9134151b9a955ce99a773784f2777498e8552d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "glob",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -249,6 +306,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "debugid"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "751dad1347b163aa77262232129c7ac46e2810485c9b095ac9f7caf200e97df4"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -276,6 +344,28 @@ version = "1.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb1f6b1ce1c140482ea30ddd3335fc0024ac7ee112895426e0a629a6c20adfe3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "failure"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d32e9bd16cc02eae7db7ef620b392808b89f6a5e16bb3497d159c6b92a0f4f86"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "failure_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "failure_derive"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "synstructure",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fuchsia-zircon"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -338,6 +428,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "itertools",
  "log",
+ "pprof",
  "rayon-core",
  "ron",
  "scopeguard",
@@ -348,6 +439,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.1.14"
@@ -368,6 +465,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c398b2b113b55809ceb9ee3e753fcbac793f1956663f3c36549c1346015c2afe"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "inferno"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b2a71c56e4c218f2a1d36bc5177cbfdedf89697ac68610ac3c8452cde152231"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "num-format",
+ "quick-xml",
+ "rgb",
+ "str_stack",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "invalidstring"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -390,6 +513,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc6f3ad7b9d11a0c00842ff8de1b60ee58661048eb8049ed33c73594f359d7e6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.21"
@@ -475,6 +604,22 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60302e4db3a61da70c0cb7991976248362f30319e88850c487b9b95bbf059e00"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3728d817d99e5ac407411fa471ff9800a778d88a24685968b36824eaf4bee400"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memmap"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6585fd95e7bb50d6cc31e20d4cf9afb4e2ba16c5846fc76793f11218da9c475b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -524,6 +669,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "ws2_32-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "msvc-demangler"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f23411283f2b097d677da1ae95f7af5ddadd7a2317b97ed0e9dfb2cea548f93"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "net2"
 version = "0.2.34"
@@ -535,6 +689,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd0eaf8df8bab402257e0a5c17a254e4cc1f72a93588a1ddfb5d356c801aa7cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "void",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nodrop"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72ef4a56884ca558e5ddb05a1d1e7e1bfd9a68d9ed024c21704cc98872dae1bb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-format"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bafe4179722c2894288ee77a9f044f02811c86af699344c498b0840c698a2465"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec 0.4.12",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.43"
@@ -606,12 +789,36 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "05da548ad6865900e60eaba7f589cc0783590a92e940c26953ff81ddbab2d677"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pprof"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1181b929c0495374e521f7a642d8e64a0eee09dd66075d29ef7c28246861c9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "inferno",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "nix",
+ "spin",
+ "symbolic-demangle",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "237a5ed80e274dbc66f86bd59c1e25edc039660be53194b5fe0a482e0f2612ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e0456befd48169b9f13ef0f0ad46d492cf9d2dbb918bcf38e01eed4ce3ec5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -621,6 +828,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cc440ee4802a86e357165021e3e255a9143724da31db1e2ea540214c96a0f82"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -701,6 +917,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-argon2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c3780fcf44b193bc4d09f36d2a3c87b251da4a046c87795a0d35f4f927ad8e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "thread_local",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26412eb97c6b088a6997e05f69403a802a92d520de2f8e63c2b65f9e0f47c4e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "remove_dir_all"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -710,6 +944,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rgb"
+version = "0.8.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6714061b32e0b0527005d5874c28a57d905559fecfacd361462ad0b01e701996"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ron"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -815,6 +1055,50 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c7cb5678e1615754284ec264d9bb5b4c27d2018577fd90ac0ceb578591ed5ee4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "stable_deref_trait"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dba1a27d3efae4351c8051072d619e3ade2820635c3958d826bfea39d59b54c8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "str_stack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9091b6114800a5f2141aee1d1b9d6ca3592ac062dc5decb3764ec5895a47b4eb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "symbolic-common"
+version = "6.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6408c8d87fe1aea5f3321c03b6e4114d0fea0900b13358e67c65298c55fc099d"
+dependencies = [
+ "debugid",
+ "failure",
+ "memmap",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "symbolic-demangle"
+version = "6.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da1bf750b22444e2045f2586433629009b3d5f8abfa8d19fe38234068935f06f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cpp_demangle",
+ "msvc-demangler",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+ "symbolic-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.33"
@@ -826,6 +1110,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "synstructure"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b834f2d66f734cb897113e34aaff2f1ab4719ca946f9a7358dba8f8064148701"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -869,6 +1165,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d40c6d1b69745a6ec6fb1ca717914848da4b44ae29d9b3080cbee91d72a69b14"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.43"
@@ -947,12 +1252,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90dbc611eb48397705a6b0f6e917da23ae517e4d127123d2cf7674206627d32a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6454029bf181f092ad1b853286f23e2c507d8e8194d01d92da4a55c274a5508c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "void"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e077469..f785125d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ron = "0.6"
 serde = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
+pprof = { version = "0.3", features = ["flamegraph"], optional = true }
 
 [badges]
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1da266d6..86d70164 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 .PHONY: debug build-release release-linux-musl test clippy clippy-pedantic install install-debug
 
+profile:
+	cargo run --features=timing,pprof -- -l
+
 debug:
 	cargo run --features=timing -- -l
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a971da89..dce02997 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mod components;
 mod input;
 mod keys;
 mod notify_mutex;
+mod profiler;
 mod queue;
 mod spinner;
 mod strings;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ use crossterm::{
     ExecutableCommand,
 };
 use input::{Input, InputEvent};
+use profiler::Profiler;
 use scopeguard::defer;
 use scopetime::scope_time;
 use simplelog::{Config, LevelFilter, WriteLogger};
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ pub enum QueueEvent {
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     process_cmdline()?;
 
+    let _profiler = Profiler::new();
+
     if !valid_path()? {
         eprintln!("invalid path\nplease run gitui inside of a non-bare git repository");
         return Ok(());
diff --git a/src/profiler.rs b/src/profiler.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60fbb150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/profiler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/// helper struct to not pollute main with feature flags shenanigans for the profiler
+/// also we make sure to generate a flamegraph on program exit
+pub struct Profiler {
+    #[cfg(feature = "pprof")]
+    guard: pprof::ProfilerGuard<'static>,
+}
+
+impl Profiler {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "pprof")]
+            guard: pprof::ProfilerGuard::new(100)
+                .expect("profiler launch error"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn report(&mut self) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "pprof")]
+        if let Ok(report) = self.guard.report().build() {
+            let file = std::fs::File::create("flamegraph.svg")
+                .expect("flamegraph file err");
+
+            report.flamegraph(&file).expect("flamegraph write err");
+
+            log::info!("profiler reported");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Profiler {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.report();
+    }
+}