diff --git a/cmd/poold/main.go b/cmd/poold/main.go
index c68704c..e19a7b7 100644
--- a/cmd/poold/main.go
+++ b/cmd/poold/main.go
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof" // nolint:gosec
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
@@ -66,23 +63,6 @@ func start() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Enable http profiling and Validate profile port number if reqeusted.
-	if config.Profile != "" {
-		profilePort, err := strconv.Atoi(config.Profile)
-		if err != nil || profilePort < 1024 || profilePort > 65535 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("the profile port must be between " +
-				"1024 and 65535")
-		}
-
-		go func() {
-			listenAddr := net.JoinHostPort("", config.Profile)
-			profileRedirect := http.RedirectHandler("/debug/pprof",
-				http.StatusSeeOther)
-			http.Handle("/", profileRedirect)
-			fmt.Println(http.ListenAndServe(listenAddr, nil))
-		}()
-	}
-
 	// Execute command.
 	if parser.Active == nil {
 		// Show the version and exit if the version flag was specified.
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2104ac8..2fc81c9 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	LsatMaxRoutingFee btcutil.Amount `long:"lsatmaxroutingfee" description:"The maximum amount in satoshis we are willing to pay in routing fees when paying for the one-time LSAT auth token that is required to use the Pool service."`
 
-	Profile  string `long:"profile" description:"Enable HTTP profiling on given port -- NOTE port must be between 1024 and 65535"`
+	Profile  string `long:"profile" description:"Enable HTTP profiling on given ip:port -- NOTE port must be between 1024 and 65535"`
 	FakeAuth bool   `long:"fakeauth" description:"Disable LSAT authentication and instead use a fake LSAT ID to identify. For testing only, cannot be set on mainnet."`
 
 	TxLabelPrefix string `long:"txlabelprefix" description:"If set, then every transaction poold makes will be created with a label that has this string as a prefix."`
@@ -334,6 +335,35 @@ func Validate(cfg *Config) error {
 		)
 	}
 
+	// Enable http profiling and Validate profile port number if requested.
+	if cfg.Profile != "" {
+		portErr := fmt.Errorf("the profile port must be between 1024 " +
+			"and 65535")
+		inRange := func(port int) bool {
+			return port >= 1024 && port <= 65535
+		}
+
+		// Try to parse Profile as a host:port.
+		_, hostPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(cfg.Profile)
+		if err == nil {
+			// Determine if the port is valid.
+			profilePort, err := strconv.Atoi(hostPort)
+			if err != nil || !inRange(profilePort) {
+				return portErr
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Try to parse Profile as a port.
+			profilePort, err := strconv.Atoi(cfg.Profile)
+			if err != nil || !inRange(profilePort) {
+				return portErr
+			}
+
+			// Since the user just set a port, we will serve
+			// debugging information over localhost.
+			cfg.Profile = net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", cfg.Profile)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 2f4d9d2..884c470 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package pool
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ func Run(cfg *Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if cfg.Profile != "" {
+		go func() {
+			log.Infof("Pprof listening on %v", cfg.Profile)
+			profileRedirect := http.RedirectHandler(
+				"/debug/pprof", http.StatusSeeOther,
+			)
+			http.Handle("/", profileRedirect)
+			fmt.Println(http.ListenAndServe(cfg.Profile, nil))
+		}()
+	}
+
 	trader := NewServer(cfg)
 	err = trader.Start()
 	if err != nil {