diff --git a/game/runner.py b/game/runner.py
index c2df49edc..46f6fbb22 100644
--- a/game/runner.py
+++ b/game/runner.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def main():
             set_restart_mode(PORTAL_RESTART, False)
             print "\nStarting Evennia Portal in Daemon mode (output to portal logfile)."
         if options.pprof:
-            server_argv.extend(pprof_argv)
+            portal_argv.extend(pprof_argv)
             print "\nRunning Evennia Portal under cProfile."
 
         cycle_logfile(PORTAL_LOGFILE)