diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057fe9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+kaproxy/nginx
+kasvc/keepalive-svc
+PROFILE.LOG
+PROFILE.LOG.old
diff --git a/kaclient/Dockerfile b/kaclient/Dockerfile
index 386b1a7..7086e3b 100644
--- a/kaclient/Dockerfile
+++ b/kaclient/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 FROM archlinux:latest
 
-RUN pacman -Sy curl --noconfirm
+RUN pacman -Sy git base-devel curl luajit unzip --noconfirm
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/wg/wrk
+WORKDIR /wrk
+RUN make
+WORKDIR /
 
 COPY run.sh /
 CMD ["/run.sh"]
diff --git a/kaclient/run.sh b/kaclient/run.sh
index 6747bc4..f4d5942 100755
--- a/kaclient/run.sh
+++ b/kaclient/run.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,42 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-log_request () {
+function log_request_to () {
 	return_code=$(curl -Sikl -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $1 2>/dev/null)
 	case ${return_code:0:1} in
 		"4" | "5")
 			echo "query of $1 returned $return_code"
+			return 1
 			;;
 		*)
+			return 0
 			;;
 	esac
 }
 
-while :
-do
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/0"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/1"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/2"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/3"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/4"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/5"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/6"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/7"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/8"
-	log_request "https://kaproxy:8080/9"
-done
+function do_wrk_on () {
+	/wrk/wrk -t1 -c10 $1 &
+}
 
-# TODO: use wrk2 or something to stress test endpoints I dunno
+function sigint_handler() {
+	jobs -p | xargs kill -9
+	exit
+}
+
+trap 'sigint_handler' INT
+
+// TODO: make this a more elegant item
+// maybe a while loop with curl
+sleep 0.5
+
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/0"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/1"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/2"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/3"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/4"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/5"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/6"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/7"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/8"
+do_wrk_on "https://kaproxy:8080/9"
+
+wait $(jobs -p)
diff --git a/kaproxy/Dockerfile b/kaproxy/Dockerfile
index 7ba2843..2af70c2 100644
--- a/kaproxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/kaproxy/Dockerfile
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ FROM archlinux:latest
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 RUN pacman -Syyu --noconfirm
-RUN pacman -S base-devel glibc gcc-libs perf --noconfirm
+RUN pacman -S base-devel glibc gcc-libs valgrind --noconfirm
 COPY nginx /nginx
 WORKDIR /nginx
 RUN auto/configure \
 	--with-debug \
 	--with-http_ssl_module \
-	--with-cc-opt="-ggdb -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
+	--with-cc-opt="-gdwarf-4 -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
 RUN make
 RUN make install
 COPY nginx.conf /
diff --git a/kaproxy/nginx b/kaproxy/nginx
deleted file mode 160000
index 64d0795..0000000
--- a/kaproxy/nginx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 64d0795ac41836b6be8fcceba68f1dbb62b4035a
diff --git a/kaproxy/nginx.conf b/kaproxy/nginx.conf
index d86499c..75ae67d 100644
--- a/kaproxy/nginx.conf
+++ b/kaproxy/nginx.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-worker_processes 5;
+worker_processes 10;
 error_log /dev/stdout notice;
 pid /tmp/pid;
 
 events {
-	worker_connections 20;
+	worker_connections 10;
 }
 
 http {
diff --git a/kaproxy/run.sh b/kaproxy/run.sh
index 89f8203..6f236d7 100755
--- a/kaproxy/run.sh
+++ b/kaproxy/run.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 function p_invoke() {
-	perf record -F1000 --call-graph dwarf -o /perf.data \
-		-- /nginx/objs/nginx \
-			-p /tmp \
-			-e /tmp/error.log \
-			-c /nginx.conf \
+	# set trace-children=yes to profile worker processes
+	valgrind --tool=callgrind                         \
+		--trace-children=no                           \
+		--callgrind-out-file=/tmp/callgrind.output    \
+		/nginx/objs/nginx                             \
+			-p /tmp                                   \
+			-e /tmp/error.log                         \
+			-c /nginx.conf                            \
 			-g "daemon off;"
 }
 
 function invoke() {
-	/nginx/objs/nginx    \
-		-p /tmp          \
-		-e /tmp/error.log   \
-		-c /nginx.conf   \
-		-g "daemon off;" \
+	/nginx/objs/nginx     \
+		-p /tmp           \
+		-e /tmp/error.log \
+		-c /nginx.conf    \
+		-g "daemon off;"  \
 		$@
 }
 
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 51ead12..e7f4e42 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,63 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
+
+if [[ ! $1 ]]; then 
+	echo "Error: expected one argument (nginx code directory)"
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d $1 ]]; then
+	echo "Error: provided nginx code directory is invalid"
+	exit
+fi
+
+PROFILE_OUTPUT=PROFILE.LOG
+if [ -f $PROFILE_OUTPUT ]; then
+	mv $PROFILE_OUTPUT $PROFILE_OUTPUT.old
+fi
+
+KACLIENT=nginx-profile-setup-kaclient-1
+KAPROXY=nginx-profile-setup-kaproxy-1
+
+echo "[+] building and deploying containers"
 go build keepalive-svc.go
 mv keepalive-svc kasvc/
-rsync -avz ../nginx kaproxy/
-sudo docker-compose up --build
+rsync -avz $1 kaproxy/
+sudo docker-compose up --build -d
+sudo docker exec -it $KAPROXY callgrind_control -i off
+
+sudo docker wait $KACLIENT
+echo "[+] client finished, triggering reload"
+sudo docker exec -it $KAPROXY callgrind_control -i on
+sudo docker kill -s CONT $KAPROXY
+
+echo "[+] wait five seconds for reload complete"
+sleep 5
+sudo docker exec -it $KAPROXY callgrind_control -i off
+
+echo "    > restarting client"
+sudo docker-compose restart kaclient
+sudo docker wait $KACLIENT
+
+echo "[+] client finished again. Killing NGINX and fetching profile data"
+sudo docker kill -s INT $KAPROXY
+sudo docker exec -it $KAPROXY callgrind_control -d
+
+echo "[+] building profiling report"
+sudo docker exec $KAPROXY bash -c "find /tmp -iname \"callgrind.out*\"" | while read file
+do
+	echo "    > processing: " $file
+	F=$(basename $file)
+	sudo docker cp $KAPROXY:$file $F;
+	sudo chmod 777 $F
+	echo "Output file: $F" >> $PROFILE_OUTPUT
+	callgrind_annotate \
+		--include=kaproxy \
+		--auto=yes \
+		$F >> $PROFILE_OUTPUT
+	echo "End of profile: $F\n\n\n" >> $PROFILE_OUTPUT
+	rm -f $F
+done
+
+echo "[+] cleaning up"
+sudo docker-compose down
+less $PROFILE_OUTPUT