diff --git a/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml b/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
index a83d7e9ac..87e76f9da 100644
--- a/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
+++ b/smoketest/compose/cryostat.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ services:
       QUARKUS_HIBERNATE_ORM_LOG_SQL: "true"
       CRYOSTAT_DISCOVERY_PODMAN_ENABLED: "true"
       CRYOSTAT_DISCOVERY_JDP_ENABLED: "true"
-      JAVA_OPTS_APPEND: "-XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=name=onstart,settings=default,disk=true,maxage=5m -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.autodiscovery=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9091 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=9091 -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false"
+      JAVA_OPTS_APPEND: "-XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=name=onstart,settings=default,disk=true,maxage=5m -XX:StartFlightRecording=name=startup,settings=profile,disk=true,duration=30s -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.autodiscovery=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9091 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=9091 -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false"
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: curl --fail http://cryostat:${CRYOSTAT_HTTP_PORT}/health/liveness || exit 1