diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d038a3c..6dde8d37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 .DS_Store
 gcal/client_secret.json
 gspreadsheets/client_secret.json
+profile.pdf
+
 #intellij idea
 .idea/
 
diff --git a/flags/flags.go b/flags/flags.go
index 62c86aed..11327e09 100644
--- a/flags/flags.go
+++ b/flags/flags.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type Flags struct {
 	Config  string `short:"c" long:"config" optional:"yes" description:"Path to config file"`
 	Module  string `short:"m" long:"module" optional:"yes" description:"Display info about a specific module, i.e.: 'wtf -m=todo'"`
+	Profile bool   `short:"p" long:"profile" optional:"yes" description:"Profile application memory usage"`
 	Version bool   `short:"v" long:"version" description:"Show version info"`
 }
 
diff --git a/wtf.go b/wtf.go
index c7709776..4d285251 100644
--- a/wtf.go
+++ b/wtf.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
 	"github.com/olebedev/config"
+	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 	"github.com/radovskyb/watcher"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/bamboohr"
@@ -253,6 +254,10 @@ func main() {
 	cfg.CreateConfigFile()
 	loadConfigFile(flags.ConfigFilePath())
 
+	if flags.Profile {
+		defer profile.Start(profile.MemProfile).Stop()
+	}
+
 	setTerm()
 
 	app := tview.NewApplication()