diff --git a/core/include/mmcore/Call.h b/core/include/mmcore/Call.h
index d600e5b269..0bbcc90dde 100644
--- a/core/include/mmcore/Call.h
+++ b/core/include/mmcore/Call.h
@@ -104,12 +104,19 @@ namespace core {
             return caps;
         }
 
+        void SetCallbackNames(std::vector<std::string> names);
+
+        const std::string& GetCallbackName(uint32_t idx) const;
+
+        uint32_t GetCallbackCount() const {
+            return static_cast<uint32_t>(callback_names.size());
+        }
+
 #ifdef PROFILING
         const CallProfiling& GetProfiling() const { return profiling; }
 #endif
 
     private:
-
         /** The callee connected by this call */
         CalleeSlot *callee;
 
@@ -121,15 +128,14 @@ namespace core {
         /** The function id mapping */
         unsigned int *funcMap;
 
+        std::vector<std::string> callback_names;
+
+        inline static std::string err_out_of_bounds = "index out of bounds";
+
 #ifdef PROFILING
-        friend class MegaMolGraph;
         friend class PerformanceQueryManager;
 
         CallProfiling profiling;
-
-        void setProfilingInfo(std::vector<std::string> names) {
-            profiling.setProfilingInfo(std::move(names), this);
-        }
 #endif // PROFILING
     protected:
         CallCapabilities caps;
diff --git a/core/include/mmcore/CallProfiling.h b/core/include/mmcore/CallProfiling.h
index 128d474482..0e594f554b 100644
--- a/core/include/mmcore/CallProfiling.h
+++ b/core/include/mmcore/CallProfiling.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ namespace core {
         uint32_t GetNumGPUSamples(uint32_t func) const;
         std::array<double, PerformanceHistory::buffer_length> GetGPUHistory(uint32_t func) const;
 
-        uint32_t GetFuncCount() const;
-        const std::string& GetFuncName(uint32_t i) const;
+        void SetParent(Call *parent);
 
         void ShutdownProfiling() const;
 
@@ -43,11 +42,8 @@ namespace core {
         friend class Call;
         friend class PerformanceQueryManager;
 
-        void setProfilingInfo(std::vector<std::string> names, Call *parent);
-
         std::vector<PerformanceHistory> cpu_history;
         std::vector<PerformanceHistory> gpu_history;
-        std::vector<std::string> callback_names;
         Call *parent_call = nullptr;
         // this only works since the MegaMol build is static, otherwise a global round-robin could be a problem...
         inline static PerformanceQueryManager *qm = nullptr;
diff --git a/core/include/mmcore/factories/CallAutoDescription.h b/core/include/mmcore/factories/CallAutoDescription.h
index 2e5e8129a0..d5bc0f03d6 100644
--- a/core/include/mmcore/factories/CallAutoDescription.h
+++ b/core/include/mmcore/factories/CallAutoDescription.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 #include "CallDescription.h"
 
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace megamol::core::factories {
 
     /**
@@ -50,6 +53,11 @@ namespace megamol::core::factories {
         Call* CreateCall() const override {
             T* c = new T();
             c->SetClassName(this->ClassName());
+            std::vector<std::string> callbacks(this->FunctionCount());
+            for (uint32_t x = 0; x < this->FunctionCount(); ++x) {
+                callbacks[x] = this->FunctionName(x);
+            }
+            c->SetCallbackNames(callbacks);
             return this->describeCall(c);
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/Call.cpp b/core/src/Call.cpp
index 80b8319b98..97a7f018c7 100644
--- a/core/src/Call.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Call.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ using namespace megamol::core;
  * Call::Call
  */
 Call::Call(void) : callee(nullptr), caller(nullptr), className(nullptr), funcMap(nullptr) {
-    // intentionally empty
 }
 
 
@@ -93,3 +92,18 @@ bool Call::operator()(unsigned int func) {
     //    res ? "true" : "false", this->callee == nullptr ? "no callee" : "from callee");
     return res;
 }
+
+void Call::SetCallbackNames(std::vector<std::string> names) {
+    callback_names = std::move(names);
+#ifdef PROFILING
+    profiling.SetParent(this);
+#endif
+}
+
+const std::string& Call::GetCallbackName(uint32_t idx) const {
+    if (idx < callback_names.size()) {
+        return callback_names[idx];
+    } else {
+        return err_out_of_bounds;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/CallProfiling.cpp b/core/src/CallProfiling.cpp
index ef7fe4ad91..8c07094473 100644
--- a/core/src/CallProfiling.cpp
+++ b/core/src/CallProfiling.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using namespace megamol;
 using namespace core;
 
 CallProfiling::CallProfiling() {
-    
 }
 
 CallProfiling::~CallProfiling() {
@@ -17,21 +16,21 @@ uint32_t CallProfiling::GetSampleHistoryLength() {
 }
 
 double CallProfiling::GetLastCPUTime(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return cpu_history[func].last_value();
     else
         return -1.0;
 }
 
 double CallProfiling::GetAverageCPUTime(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return cpu_history[func].average();
     else
         return -1.0;
 }
 
 uint32_t CallProfiling::GetNumCPUSamples(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return cpu_history[func].samples();
     else
         return 0;
@@ -39,28 +38,28 @@ uint32_t CallProfiling::GetNumCPUSamples(uint32_t func) const {
 
 std::array<double, PerformanceHistory::buffer_length> CallProfiling::GetCPUHistory(
     uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return cpu_history[func].copyHistory();
     else
         return std::array<double, PerformanceHistory::buffer_length>{};
 }
 
 double CallProfiling::GetLastGPUTime(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return gpu_history[func].last_value();
     else
         return -1.0;
 }
 
 double CallProfiling::GetAverageGPUTime(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return gpu_history[func].average();
     else
         return -1.0;
 }
 
 uint32_t CallProfiling::GetNumGPUSamples(uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return gpu_history[func].samples();
     else
         return 0;
@@ -68,21 +67,19 @@ uint32_t CallProfiling::GetNumGPUSamples(uint32_t func) const {
 
 std::array<double, PerformanceHistory::buffer_length> CallProfiling::GetGPUHistory(
     uint32_t func) const {
-    if (func < callback_names.size())
+    if (func < parent_call->GetCallbackCount())
         return gpu_history[func].copyHistory();
     else
         return std::array<double, PerformanceHistory::buffer_length>{};
 }
 
-uint32_t CallProfiling::GetFuncCount() const {
-    return static_cast<uint32_t>(callback_names.size());
-}
-
-const std::string& CallProfiling::GetFuncName(uint32_t i) const {
-    if (i < callback_names.size()) {
-        return callback_names[i];
-    } else {
-        return err_oob;
+void CallProfiling::SetParent(Call* parent) {
+    cpu_history.resize(parent->GetCallbackCount());
+    gpu_history.resize(parent->GetCallbackCount());
+    parent_call = parent;
+    if (parent_call->GetCapabilities().OpenGLRequired()) {
+        InitializeQueryManager();
+        qm->AddCall(parent_call);
     }
 }
 
@@ -98,17 +95,6 @@ void CallProfiling::CollectGPUPerformance() {
     }
 }
 
-void CallProfiling::setProfilingInfo(std::vector<std::string> names, Call* parent) {
-    callback_names = std::move(names);
-    cpu_history.resize(callback_names.size());
-    gpu_history.resize(callback_names.size());
-    parent_call = parent;
-    if (parent_call->GetCapabilities().OpenGLRequired()) {
-        InitializeQueryManager();
-        qm->AddCall(parent_call);
-    }
-}
-
 void CallProfiling::ShutdownProfiling() const {
     if (qm != nullptr) {
         qm->RemoveCall(parent_call);
diff --git a/core/src/MegaMolGraph.cpp b/core/src/MegaMolGraph.cpp
index d8d7e76265..2d86ff173d 100644
--- a/core/src/MegaMolGraph.cpp
+++ b/core/src/MegaMolGraph.cpp
@@ -633,15 +633,6 @@ bool megamol::core::MegaMolGraph::add_call(CallInstantiationRequest_t const& req
         return false;
     }
 
-#ifdef PROFILING
-    // TODO: move to CallAutoDescription<T>::CreateCall() if possible
-    std::vector<std::string> callbacks(call_description->FunctionCount());
-    for (uint32_t x = 0; x < call_description->FunctionCount(); ++x) {
-        callbacks[x] = call_description->FunctionName(x);
-    }
-    call->setProfilingInfo(callbacks);
-#endif
-
     log("create call: " + request.from + " -> " + request.to + " (" + std::string(call_description->ClassName()) + ")");
     this->call_list_.emplace_front(CallInstance_t{call, request});
 
diff --git a/core/src/PerformanceQueryManager.cpp b/core/src/PerformanceQueryManager.cpp
index 099e58f9c4..1b9a3624e3 100644
--- a/core/src/PerformanceQueryManager.cpp
+++ b/core/src/PerformanceQueryManager.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void PerformanceQueryManager::ResetGLProfiling() {
 
 void PerformanceQueryManager::AdvanceGLProfiling() {
     if (all_calls.empty()) return;
-    starting_func = (starting_func + 1) % all_calls[starting_call]->profiling.GetFuncCount();
+    starting_func = (starting_func + 1) % all_calls[starting_call]->GetCallbackCount();
     if (starting_func == 0) {
         // we wrapped, advance to next call!
         starting_call = (starting_call + 1) % all_calls.size();
diff --git a/frontend/services/gui/src/graph/GraphCollection.cpp b/frontend/services/gui/src/graph/GraphCollection.cpp
index cfa06f75ed..85290d9458 100644
--- a/frontend/services/gui/src/graph/GraphCollection.cpp
+++ b/frontend/services/gui/src/graph/GraphCollection.cpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ bool megamol::gui::GraphCollection::add_update_project_from_core(
                     gui_utils::CaseInsensitiveStringCompare(gcall.from, ccall.request.from) &&
                     gui_utils::CaseInsensitiveStringCompare(gcall.to, ccall.request.to)) {
                     const auto& profiling = ccall.callPtr->GetProfiling();
-                    auto func_count = profiling.GetFuncCount();
+                    auto func_count = ccall.callPtr->GetCallbackCount();
                     std::vector<gui::Call::Profiling> prof;
                     prof.resize(func_count);
                     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < func_count; i++) {
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ bool megamol::gui::GraphCollection::add_update_project_from_core(
                         prof[i].agput = profiling.GetAverageGPUTime(i);
                         prof[i].ngpus = profiling.GetNumGPUSamples(i);
                         prof[i].hgpu = profiling.GetGPUHistory(i);
-                        prof[i].name = profiling.GetFuncName(i);
+                        prof[i].name = ccall.callPtr->GetCallbackName(i);
                     }
                     gcall.ptr.lock()->SetProfilingValues(prof);
                 }