diff --git a/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.sln b/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.sln
index b7f2d8b9e..8e143dc58 100644
--- a/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.sln
+++ b/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.sln
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Global
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
 		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
-		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release profiled|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release profiled|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release profiled|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release profiled|Win32
+		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release profiled|Win32.Build.0 = Release profiled|Win32
 		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 		{CF996A5E-0A86-4004-9710-682B06B5AEBA}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{EA9D50FD-937A-4EF5-8C37-5F4175AF4FEA}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
diff --git a/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.vcproj b/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.vcproj
index 7919f8105..64fc47f85 100644
--- a/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.vcproj
+++ b/AnvilStats/AnvilStats.vcproj
@@ -169,6 +169,85 @@
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release profiled|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
+			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			CharacterSet="2"
+			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="2"
+				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\zlib-1.2.7&quot;"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
+				PrecompiledHeaderThrough="Globals.h"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="ws2_32.lib"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="16777216"
+				OptimizeReferences="2"
+				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
+				TargetMachine="1"
+				Profile="true"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
 	<References>
 	</References>
@@ -213,6 +292,14 @@
 						UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
 					/>
 				</FileConfiguration>
+				<FileConfiguration
+					Name="Release profiled|Win32"
+					>
+					<Tool
+						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+						UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
+					/>
+				</FileConfiguration>
 			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath=".\Globals.h"
diff --git a/AnvilStats/profile_run.cmd b/AnvilStats/profile_run.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a9285614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AnvilStats/profile_run.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+@echo off
+::
+:: Profiling using a MSVC standalone profiler
+::
+:: See http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/144643/Profiling-of-C-Applications-in-Visual-Studio-for-F for details
+::
+
+
+
+
+set pt="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools"
+set appdir="Release profiled"
+set app="Release profiled\AnvilStats.exe"
+set args="0 c:\Games\MLG\world\region"
+
+:: outputdir is relative to appdir!
+set outputdir=Profiling
+set output=profile.vsp
+
+
+
+
+
+::Create the output directory, if it didn't exist
+mkdir %outputdir%
+
+
+
+
+
+:: Start the profiler
+%pt%\vsperfcmd /start:sample /output:%outputdir%\%output%
+if errorlevel 1 goto haderror
+
+:: Launch the application via the profiler
+%pt%\vsperfcmd /launch:%app% /args:%args%
+if errorlevel 1 goto haderror
+
+:: Shut down the profiler (this command waits, until the application is terminated)
+%pt%\vsperfcmd /shutdown
+if errorlevel 1 goto haderror
+
+
+
+
+
+:: cd to outputdir, so that the reports are generated there
+cd %outputdir%
+
+:: generate the report files (.csv)
+%pt%\vsperfreport /summary:all %output% /symbolpath:"srv*C:\Programovani\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols" 
+if errorlevel 1 goto haderror
+
+
+
+
+
+goto finished
+
+
+
+
+:haderror
+echo An error was encountered
+pause
+
+
+
+
+:finished