diff --git a/Ryujinx.Profiler/Profile.cs b/Ryujinx.Profiler/Profile.cs
index 8869865e51..ac980789c2 100644
--- a/Ryujinx.Profiler/Profile.cs
+++ b/Ryujinx.Profiler/Profile.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System;
+using Ryujinx.Common;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
@@ -12,6 +13,23 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Profiler
         private static InternalProfile  _profileInstance;
         private static ProfilerSettings _settings;
 
+
+        [Conditional("USE_PROFILING")]
+        public static void Initalize()
+        {
+            var config = ProfilerConfiguration.Load("ProfilerConfig.jsonc");
+
+            _settings = new ProfilerSettings()
+            {
+                Enabled         = config.Enabled,
+                FileDumpEnabled = config.DumpPath != "",
+                DumpLocation    = config.DumpPath,
+                UpdateRate      = (config.UpdateRate <= 0) ? -1 : 1.0f / config.UpdateRate,
+                History         = (long)(config.History * PerformanceCounter.TicksPerSecond),
+                MaxLevel        = config.MaxLevel,
+            };
+        }
+
         public static bool ProfilingEnabled()
         {
             #if USE_PROFILING
@@ -27,12 +45,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Profiler
             #endif
         }
 
-        [Conditional("USE_PROFILING")]
-        public static void Configure(ProfilerSettings settings)
-        {
-            _settings = settings;
-        }
-
         [Conditional("USE_PROFILING")]
         public static void FinishProfiling()
         {
diff --git a/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfig.jsonc b/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfig.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e716aebd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfig.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "./_schema.json",
+
+  // Enable profiling (Only available on a profiling enabled build)
+  "enabled": true,
+
+  // Set profile file dump location, if blank file dumping disabled. (e.g. `ProfileDump.csv`)
+  "dump_path": "",
+
+  // Update rate for profiler UI, in hertz. -1 updates every time a frame is issued
+  "update_rate": 4,
+
+  // Set how long to keep profiling data in seconds, reduce if profiling is taking too much RAM
+  "history": 5,
+
+  // Set the maximum profiling level. Higher values may cause a heavy load on your system but will allow you to profile in more detail
+  "max_level": 0
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfiguration.cs b/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..411bcd3843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ryujinx.Profiler/ProfilerConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+using OpenTK.Input;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Utf8Json;
+using Utf8Json.Resolvers;
+
+namespace Ryujinx.Profiler
+{
+    public class ProfilerConfiguration
+    {
+        public bool   Enabled    { get; private set; }
+        public string DumpPath   { get; private set; }
+        public float  UpdateRate { get; private set; }
+        public int    MaxLevel   { get; private set; }
+        public float  History    { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads a configuration file from disk
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the JSON configuration file</param>
+        public static ProfilerConfiguration Load(string path)
+        {
+            var resolver = CompositeResolver.Create(
+                new[] { new ConfigurationEnumFormatter<Key>() },
+                new[] { StandardResolver.AllowPrivateSnakeCase }
+            );
+
+            if (!File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException($"Profiler configuration file {path} not found");
+            }
+
+            using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(path))
+            {
+                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ProfilerConfiguration>(stream, resolver);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class ConfigurationEnumFormatter<T> : IJsonFormatter<T>
+            where T : struct
+        {
+            public void Serialize(ref JsonWriter writer, T value, IJsonFormatterResolver formatterResolver)
+            {
+                formatterResolver.GetFormatterWithVerify<string>()
+                    .Serialize(ref writer, value.ToString(), formatterResolver);
+            }
+
+            public T Deserialize(ref JsonReader reader, IJsonFormatterResolver formatterResolver)
+            {
+                if (reader.ReadIsNull())
+                {
+                    return default(T);
+                }
+
+                var enumName = formatterResolver.GetFormatterWithVerify<string>()
+                    .Deserialize(ref reader, formatterResolver);
+
+                if (Enum.TryParse<T>(enumName, out T result))
+                {
+                    return result;
+                }
+
+                return default(T);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Ryujinx.Profiler/Ryujinx.Profiler.csproj b/Ryujinx.Profiler/Ryujinx.Profiler.csproj
index 2115f6d7d2..5a4c8f4f92 100644
--- a/Ryujinx.Profiler/Ryujinx.Profiler.csproj
+++ b/Ryujinx.Profiler/Ryujinx.Profiler.csproj
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Ryujinx.Common\Ryujinx.Common.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Profile Debug' Or '$(Configuration)' == 'Profile Release'">
+    <None Update="ProfilerConfig.jsonc">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/Ryujinx/Program.cs b/Ryujinx/Program.cs
index c14db0e765..3b65ea7774 100644
--- a/Ryujinx/Program.cs
+++ b/Ryujinx/Program.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ namespace Ryujinx
             Configuration.Load(Path.Combine(ApplicationDirectory, "Config.jsonc"));
             Configuration.Configure(device);
 
+            Profile.Initalize();
+
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomain_UnhandledException;
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit        += CurrentDomain_ProcessExit;