diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main_debug.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main_debug.go
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+//go:build debug
+// +build debug
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"runtime/pprof"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	log.Println("available env configs:")
+	log.Println("MEM_PROFILE_DIR - directory to write memory profiles to")
+	log.Println("CPU_PROFILE_DIR - directory to write cpu profiles to")
+	log.Println("PPROF_TIME - polling time for cpu and memory profiles (with unit ex: 10s)")
+	log.Println("MEM_PROFILE_RATE - memory profiling rate (default 4096)")
+	memfile := os.Getenv("MEM_PROFILE_DIR")
+	cpuProfile := os.Getenv("CPU_PROFILE_DIR")
+	pproftime := os.Getenv("PPROF_TIME")
+	if cpuProfile == "" {
+		cpuProfile = "cpuprofile"
+	}
+	if memfile == "" {
+		memfile = "memdump"
+	}
+
+	tickerTime := time.Duration(3 * time.Second)
+	if pproftime != "" {
+		d, err := time.ParseDuration(pproftime)
+		if err == nil {
+			tickerTime = d
+		}
+	}
+
+	mempprofRate := 4096
+	tmp := os.Getenv("MEM_PROFILE_RATE")
+	if tmp != "" {
+		tmpint, err := strconv.Atoi(tmp)
+		if err == nil {
+			mempprofRate = tmpint
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("GOOS: %v\n", runtime.GOOS)
+	log.Printf("GOARCH: %v\n", runtime.GOARCH)
+
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(memfile, 0755)
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(cpuProfile, 0755)
+
+	runtime.MemProfileRate = mempprofRate
+	log.Printf("profile: memory profiling enabled (rate %d), %s\n", runtime.MemProfileRate, memProfile)
+	log.Printf("profile: ticker enabled (rate %s)\n", tickerTime)
+
+	// cpu ticker and profiler
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(tickerTime)
+		count := 0
+		buff := bytes.Buffer{}
+		log.Printf("profile: cpu profiling enabled (ticker %s)\n", tickerTime)
+		for {
+			err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(&buff)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("profile: could not start cpu profile: %s\n", err)
+			}
+			<-ticker.C
+			pprof.StopCPUProfile()
+			if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cpuProfile, "cpuprofile-t"+strconv.Itoa(count)+".out"), buff.Bytes(), 0755); err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("profile: could not write cpu profile: %s\n", err)
+			}
+			buff.Reset()
+			count++
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// memory ticker and profiler
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(tickerTime)
+		count := 0
+		log.Printf("profile: memory profiling enabled (ticker %s)\n", tickerTime)
+		for {
+			<-ticker.C
+			var buff bytes.Buffer
+			if err := pprof.WriteHeapProfile(&buff); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("profile: could not write memory profile: %s\n", err)
+			}
+			err := os.WriteFile(filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(memfile, "memprofile-t"+strconv.Itoa(count)+".out")), buff.Bytes(), 0755)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("profile: could not write memory profile: %s\n", err)
+			}
+			count++
+		}
+	}()
+}