diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d9f5306..7aa2325 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 1.0.14
+
+* add profiling command to manage.py
+
 ### 1.0.13
 
 * removed Consul dependencies
diff --git a/service/manage.py b/service/manage.py
index 5e58757..b29a34d 100644
--- a/service/manage.py
+++ b/service/manage.py
@@ -16,5 +16,13 @@
 
 manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
 
+@manager.command
+def profile(length=25, profile_dir=None):
+    """Start the application under the code profiler."""
+    from werkzeug.contrib.profiler import ProfilerMiddleware
+    app_.wsgi_app = ProfilerMiddleware(app_.wsgi_app, restrictions=[length],
+                                      profile_dir=profile_dir)
+    app_.run()
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     manager.run()