diff --git a/src/profiler/memoryReporting.ts b/src/profiler/memoryReporting.ts
index 3429809a..c01dd0e2 100644
--- a/src/profiler/memoryReporting.ts
+++ b/src/profiler/memoryReporting.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { resourceUsage } from 'process'
 import { getActiveNodeCount } from '../NodeList'
 import { spawn } from 'child_process'
 import * as process from 'process'
+import { isDebugMiddleware } from '../DebugMode'
 
 type CounterMap = Map<string, CounterNode>
 interface CounterNode {
@@ -38,21 +39,29 @@ class MemoryReporting {
   }
 
   registerEndpoints(): void {
-    this.server.get('/memory', (req, res) => {
-      const toMB = 1 / 1000000
-      const report = process.memoryUsage()
-      let outputStr = ''
-      outputStr += `System Memory Report.  Timestamp: ${Date.now()}\n`
-      outputStr += `rss: ${(report.rss * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
-      outputStr += `heapTotal: ${(report.heapTotal * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
-      outputStr += `heapUsed: ${(report.heapUsed * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
-      outputStr += `external: ${(report.external * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
-      outputStr += `arrayBuffers: ${(report.arrayBuffers * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n\n\n`
-
-      this.gatherReport()
-      outputStr = this.reportToStream(this.report, outputStr)
-      res.send(outputStr)
-    })
+    this.server.get(
+      '/memory',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        const toMB = 1 / 1000000
+        const report = process.memoryUsage()
+        let outputStr = ''
+        outputStr += `System Memory Report.  Timestamp: ${Date.now()}\n`
+        outputStr += `rss: ${(report.rss * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
+        outputStr += `heapTotal: ${(report.heapTotal * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
+        outputStr += `heapUsed: ${(report.heapUsed * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
+        outputStr += `external: ${(report.external * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n`
+        outputStr += `arrayBuffers: ${(report.arrayBuffers * toMB).toFixed(2)} MB\n\n\n`
+
+        this.gatherReport()
+        outputStr = this.reportToStream(this.report, outputStr)
+        res.send(outputStr)
+      }
+    )
 
     // this.server.get('memory-gc', (req, res) => {
     //     res.write(`System Memory Report.  Timestamp: ${Date.now()}\n`)
@@ -69,37 +78,53 @@ class MemoryReporting {
     //     res.end()
     // })
 
-    this.server.get('/top', (req, res) => {
-      const top = spawn('top', ['-n', '10'])
-      top.stdout.on('data', (dataBuffer) => {
-        res.send(dataBuffer.toString())
-        top.kill()
-      })
-      top.on('close', (code) => {
-        console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`)
-      })
-      top.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-        console.log('top command error', data)
-        res.send('top command error')
-        top.kill()
-      })
-    })
-
-    this.server.get('/df', (req, res) => {
-      const df = spawn('df')
-      df.stdout.on('data', (dataBuffer) => {
-        res.send(dataBuffer.toString())
-        df.kill()
-      })
-      df.on('close', (code) => {
-        console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`)
-      })
-      df.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-        console.log('df command error', data)
-        res.send('df command error')
-        df.kill()
-      })
-    })
+    this.server.get(
+      '/top',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        const top = spawn('top', ['-n', '10'])
+        top.stdout.on('data', (dataBuffer) => {
+          res.send(dataBuffer.toString())
+          top.kill()
+        })
+        top.on('close', (code) => {
+          console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`)
+        })
+        top.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+          console.log('top command error', data)
+          res.send('top command error')
+          top.kill()
+        })
+      }
+    )
+
+    this.server.get(
+      '/df',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        const df = spawn('df')
+        df.stdout.on('data', (dataBuffer) => {
+          res.send(dataBuffer.toString())
+          df.kill()
+        })
+        df.on('close', (code) => {
+          console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`)
+        })
+        df.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+          console.log('df command error', data)
+          res.send('df command error')
+          df.kill()
+        })
+      }
+    )
   }
 
   updateCpuPercent(): void {
diff --git a/src/profiler/nestedCounters.ts b/src/profiler/nestedCounters.ts
index 7f86c203..f5d09d6d 100644
--- a/src/profiler/nestedCounters.ts
+++ b/src/profiler/nestedCounters.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as fastify from 'fastify'
 import { stringifyReduce } from './StringifyReduce'
 import * as core from '@shardus/crypto-utils'
+import { isDebugMiddleware } from '../DebugMode'
 
 type CounterMap = Map<string, CounterNode>
 interface CounterNode {
@@ -35,33 +36,65 @@ class NestedCounters {
   }
 
   registerEndpoints(): void {
-    this.server.get('/counts', (req, res) => {
-      let outputStr = ''
-      const arrayReport = this.arrayitizeAndSort(this.eventCounters)
-      outputStr += `${Date.now()}\n`
-      outputStr = this.printArrayReport(arrayReport, outputStr, 0)
-      res.send(outputStr)
-    })
-    this.server.get('/counts-reset', (req, res) => {
-      this.eventCounters = new Map()
-      res.send(`counts reset ${Date.now()}`)
-    })
-
-    this.server.get('/debug-inf-loop', (req, res) => {
-      res.send('starting inf loop, goodbye')
-      this.infLoopDebug = true
-      while (this.infLoopDebug) {
-        const s = 'asdf'
-        const s2 = stringifyReduce({ test: [s, s, s, s, s, s, s] })
-        const s3 = stringifyReduce({ test: [s2, s2, s2, s2, s2, s2, s2] })
-        core.hash(s3)
+    this.server.get(
+      '/counts',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        let outputStr = ''
+        const arrayReport = this.arrayitizeAndSort(this.eventCounters)
+        outputStr += `${Date.now()}\n`
+        outputStr = this.printArrayReport(arrayReport, outputStr, 0)
+        res.send(outputStr)
       }
-    })
-
-    this.server.get('/debug-inf-loop-off', (req, res) => {
-      this.infLoopDebug = false
-      res.send('stopping inf loop, who knows if this is possible')
-    })
+    )
+    this.server.get(
+      '/counts-reset',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        this.eventCounters = new Map()
+        res.send(`counts reset ${Date.now()}`)
+      }
+    )
+
+    this.server.get(
+      '/debug-inf-loop',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        res.send('starting inf loop, goodbye')
+        this.infLoopDebug = true
+        while (this.infLoopDebug) {
+          const s = 'asdf'
+          const s2 = stringifyReduce({ test: [s, s, s, s, s, s, s] })
+          const s3 = stringifyReduce({ test: [s2, s2, s2, s2, s2, s2, s2] })
+          core.hash(s3)
+        }
+      }
+    )
+
+    this.server.get(
+      '/debug-inf-loop-off',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        this.infLoopDebug = false
+        res.send('stopping inf loop, who knows if this is possible')
+      }
+    )
   }
 
   countEvent(category1: string, category2: string, count = 1): void {
diff --git a/src/profiler/profiler.ts b/src/profiler/profiler.ts
index e74fe1bd..7f226560 100644
--- a/src/profiler/profiler.ts
+++ b/src/profiler/profiler.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isDebugMiddleware } from '../DebugMode'
 import { nestedCountersInstance } from './nestedCounters'
 import * as fastify from 'fastify'
 
@@ -35,10 +36,18 @@ class Profiler {
   }
 
   registerEndpoints(): void {
-    this.server.get('/perf', (req, res) => {
-      const result = this.printAndClearReport()
-      res.send(result)
-    })
+    this.server.get(
+      '/perf',
+      {
+        preHandler: async (_request, reply) => {
+          isDebugMiddleware(_request, reply)
+        },
+      },
+      (req, res) => {
+        const result = this.printAndClearReport()
+        res.send(result)
+      }
+    )
   }
 
   profileSectionStart(sectionName: string, internal = false): void {