diff --git a/control.go b/control.go
index 2557650..9848740 100644
--- a/control.go
+++ b/control.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -202,6 +203,16 @@ func killServer(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		pprof.StopCPUProfile()
 		log.Print("stopped cpu profile")
 	}
+	if *mprofile != "" {
+		log.Print("trying to dump memory profile")
+		f, err := os.Create(*mprofile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f)
+		f.Close()
+		log.Print("stopped memory profile dump")
+	}
 	log.Fatal("shit got fucked up")
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ac2b931..35bc940 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 var addr = flag.String("addr", ":8666", "http service address")
 var profile = flag.String("pprof", "", "if specified will run with pprof")
-var netprofile = flag.Bool("netprof", false, "if specified will run with net/http/pprof")
+var mprofile = flag.String("mprof", "", "if specified will dump a memory profile")
+var netprofile = flag.Bool("netprof", false, "if specified will run with net/http/pprof on :8667")
 var verbose = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "")
 var config = flag.String("config", "~/.config/hackerbots/config.json", "location of config file")