diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0ef6f21..4ee0e8e 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             // Resolved by CMake Tools:
             "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
 
-            "args": [            "Nam_Profile", "--no-profile","-w" ],
+            "args": [            "ToobNam_Profile", "--no-profile","-w" ],
 
             "stopAtEntry": false,
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
diff --git a/profiler_tools/.gitignore b/profiler_tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81b9e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiler_tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# profiler out files
+*.txt
diff --git a/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile b/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile
index 7c9fef7..c616390 100755
--- a/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile
+++ b/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -w ToobNam_Profile -o /tmp/ToobNam.perf &&\
-google-pprof --text ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/ToobAmp.lv2/ToobAmp.so  /tmp/ToobNam.perf >./ToobNam.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -s 100 -w ToobNam_Profile -o /tmp/ToobNam.perf &&\
+google-pprof --text ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/ToobAmp.lv2/ToobAmp.so  /tmp/ToobNam.perf >./ToobNam.txt
diff --git a/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile_web b/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile_web
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11671f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiler_tools/ToobNam_profile_web
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -w ToobNam_Profile -o /tmp/ToobNam.perf &&\
+google-pprof --web ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/ToobAmp.lv2/ToobAmp.so  /tmp/ToobNam.perf >./ToobNam.txt
diff --git a/profiler_tools/nam_profile b/profiler_tools/nam_profile
index 9654887..5f24cc1 100755
--- a/profiler_tools/nam_profile
+++ b/profiler_tools/nam_profile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -w Nam_Profile -o /tmp/nam.perf &&\
-google-pprof --text ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/neural_amp_modeler.lv2/neural_amp_modeler.so  /tmp/nam.perf >./nam.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -s 100 -w Nam_Profile -o /tmp/nam.perf &&\
+google-pprof --text ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/neural_amp_modeler.lv2/neural_amp_modeler.so  /tmp/nam.perf >./nam.txt
diff --git a/profiler_tools/nam_profile_web b/profiler_tools/nam_profile_web
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..70827d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiler_tools/nam_profile_web
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin -w Nam_Profile -o /tmp/nam.perf &&\
+google-pprof --web ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build/src/profilePlugin --add_lib  /usr/lib/lv2/neural_amp_modeler.lv2/neural_amp_modeler.so  /tmp/nam.perf >./nam.txt
diff --git a/src/profilePluginMain.cpp b/src/profilePluginMain.cpp
index d34acdc..e75eff4 100644
--- a/src/profilePluginMain.cpp
+++ b/src/profilePluginMain.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ void profilePlugin(const ProfileOptions &profileOptions)
 
     RingBufferSink ringBufferSink(writerRingbuffer);
 
+
+    // run once to get memory allocations in NAM and ML out of the way.
+    lv2Pedalboard->Run(inputBuffers, outputBuffers, nFrames, &ringBufferWriter);
+
     /* *** Pump the plugin for a bit if it is expected to do work on the scheduler  thread when initializing */
     if (profileOptions.waitForWork)
     {