diff --git a/cmd/kaspaminer/main.go b/cmd/kaspaminer/main.go
index 44fc65ef9..e8110503d 100644
--- a/cmd/kaspaminer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaspaminer/main.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/version"
@@ -14,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/signal"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/profiling"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -35,13 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Enable http profiling server if requested.
 	if cfg.Profile != "" {
-		spawn(func() {
-			listenAddr := net.JoinHostPort("", cfg.Profile)
-			log.Infof("Profile server listening on %s", listenAddr)
-			profileRedirect := http.RedirectHandler("/debug/pprof", http.StatusSeeOther)
-			http.Handle("/", profileRedirect)
-			log.Errorf("%s", http.ListenAndServe(listenAddr, nil))
-		})
+		profiling.Start(cfg.Profile, log)
 	}
 
 	client, err := connectToServer(cfg)
diff --git a/kaspad.go b/kaspad.go
index df42c6982..b35cbcef6 100644
--- a/kaspad.go
+++ b/kaspad.go
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -17,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/blockdag/indexers"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/config"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/database"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/signal"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/fs"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/profiling"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/version"
 )
 
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@ func kaspadMain(serverChan chan<- *server.Server) error {
 	// Enable http profiling server if requested.
 	if cfg.Profile != "" {
 		spawn(func() {
-			listenAddr := net.JoinHostPort("", cfg.Profile)
-			kasdLog.Infof("Profile server listening on %s", listenAddr)
-			profileRedirect := http.RedirectHandler("/debug/pprof",
-				http.StatusSeeOther)
-			http.Handle("/", profileRedirect)
-			kasdLog.Errorf("%s", http.ListenAndServe(listenAddr, nil))
+			profiling.Start(cfg.Profile, kasdLog)
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index ac54c966b..06fe2431a 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var (
 	syncLog = BackendLog.Logger("SYNC")
 	txmpLog = BackendLog.Logger("TXMP")
 	utilLog = BackendLog.Logger("UTIL")
+	profLog = BackendLog.Logger("PROF")
 )
 
 // SubsystemTags is an enum of all sub system tags
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ var SubsystemTags = struct {
 	SRVR,
 	SYNC,
 	TXMP,
-	UTIL string
+	UTIL,
+	PROF string
 }{
 	ADXR: "ADXR",
 	AMGR: "AMGR",
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ var SubsystemTags = struct {
 	SYNC: "SYNC",
 	TXMP: "TXMP",
 	UTIL: "UTIL",
+	PROF: "PROF",
 }
 
 // subsystemLoggers maps each subsystem identifier to its associated logger.
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ var subsystemLoggers = map[string]*logs.Logger{
 	SubsystemTags.SYNC: syncLog,
 	SubsystemTags.TXMP: txmpLog,
 	SubsystemTags.UTIL: utilLog,
+	SubsystemTags.PROF: profLog,
 }
 
 // InitLog attaches log file and error log file to the backend log.
diff --git a/util/profiling/profiling.go b/util/profiling/profiling.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0fca42d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/profiling/profiling.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package profiling
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+
+	// Required for profiling
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
+
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/logs"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/panics"
+)
+
+// Start starts the profiling server
+func Start(port string, log *logs.Logger) {
+	spawn := panics.GoroutineWrapperFunc(log)
+	spawn(func() {
+		listenAddr := net.JoinHostPort("", port)
+		log.Infof("Profile server listening on %s", listenAddr)
+		profileRedirect := http.RedirectHandler("/debug/pprof", http.StatusSeeOther)
+		http.Handle("/", profileRedirect)
+		log.Error(http.ListenAndServe(listenAddr, nil))
+	})
+}