diff --git a/bin/parse_gmsh3D.py b/bin/parse_gmsh3D.py
index adf3739..64318fa 100755
--- a/bin/parse_gmsh3D.py
+++ b/bin/parse_gmsh3D.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys
+import cProfile
 
 import numpy as np
 
diff --git a/profile.txt b/profile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d67747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python -m cProfile -s cumulative bin/parse_gmsh3D.py data/gmsh.3D.msh.orig