diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 19419826..e67f51b4 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1973,6 +1973,7 @@ Performance improvements
  - Nearby entity lookup caching per frame
  - Far-away entities do not spawn physics by default
 Lod emitter service checker function
+Mesh profiling
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
index 35c10076..f3b5192a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ public class Mesh {
         }
         
         if(renderPipelineState.getUseLight()){
+            Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("Light");
             //Until we switch to uniform buffer objects we will have to buffer lighting data here manually each time we draw
             //side note:    :(
             if(Globals.renderingEngine.getLightManager() == null){
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ public class Mesh {
                 
             }
             Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+            Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
         }
         
         if(renderPipelineState.getUseMaterial() && textureMask == null){
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ public class Mesh {
         //
         //The texture masking logic
         if(textureMask != null){
+            Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("Texture mask");
             //
             //path that uses already-defined texture objects
             if(textureMask.getTextures() != null){
@@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ public class Mesh {
                 }
             }
             Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+            Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
         }
         
         if(renderPipelineState.getUseShadowMap()){
@@ -574,15 +578,19 @@ public class Mesh {
         }
         
         if(renderPipelineState.getBufferNonStandardUniforms()){
+            Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("Nonstandard uniforms");
             this.bufferAllUniforms(openGLState);
             Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+            Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
         }
 
         if(renderPipelineState.getInstanced()){
+            Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("Instance logic");
             if(renderPipelineState.getInstanceData()!=null){
                 InstanceData instanceData = renderPipelineState.getInstanceData();
                 instanceData.upload(openGLState, renderPipelineState);
             }
+            Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
         }