diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
index 048fe93c11..1284883dd7 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime;
 using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.IPC;
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ public static class Program
         [STAThread]
         public static int Main(string[] args)
         {
+            useMulticoreJit();
+
             // Back up the cwd before DesktopGameHost changes it
             var cwd = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
 
@@ -47,5 +50,15 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
                 return 0;
             }
         }
+
+        private static void useMulticoreJit()
+        {
+            var profilesFolder = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "Profiles");
+            if (!Directory.Exists(profilesFolder))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(profilesFolder);
+
+            ProfileOptimization.SetProfileRoot(profilesFolder);
+            ProfileOptimization.StartProfile("Startup.Profile");
+        }
     }
 }