diff --git a/src/resources/pandoc/datadir/profiler.lua b/src/resources/pandoc/datadir/profiler.lua
index c1b3cb3eb3..4437ea6464 100644
--- a/src/resources/pandoc/datadir/profiler.lua
+++ b/src/resources/pandoc/datadir/profiler.lua
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 ]]
 
 local getTime = os.clock
-local module = {
-    category = "unknown"
-}
+local category = "unknown"
+local module = {}
 local outputfile
 local stack_count = 0
 
@@ -32,20 +31,24 @@ local onDebugHook = function(hookType, line)
     if string.match(source, ".lua$") then
       outputfile:write(name, " ", source, " ", information.linedefined, "\n")
     end
-      no = no + 1
-      information = debug.getinfo(no, "nS")
+    no = no + 1
+    information = debug.getinfo(no, "nS")
   end
-  outputfile:write(stack_count, " ", now, " ", module.category, " ", line, "\n")
+  outputfile:write(stack_count, " ", now, " ", category, " ", line, "\n")
   stack_count = stack_count + 1
 end
 
-function module.start(filename)
+function module.setcategory(c)
+  category = c
+end
+
+function module.start(filename, ms)
   outputfile = io.open(filename, "a")
   if outputfile == nil then
     error("Could not open profiler.txt for writing")
     return
   end
-  debug.sethook(onDebugHook, "t", 5) -- NB: "t" debugging only exists in our patched Lua interpreter/pandoc binary!
+  debug.sethook(onDebugHook, "t", ms or 5) -- NB: "t" debugging only exists in our patched Lua interpreter/pandoc binary!
 end
 
 function module.stop()
diff --git a/tools/profiler/convert-to-perfetto.ts b/tools/profiler/convert-to-perfetto.ts
index a72f7929ae..103fc554a6 100644
--- a/tools/profiler/convert-to-perfetto.ts
+++ b/tools/profiler/convert-to-perfetto.ts
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ let prevStack: LuaStackFrame[] = [];
 let prevCat: string = "";
 const perfettoStack: number[] = [];
 
+let now = 0;
 for (const stack of stacks) {
-  const thisStackFrames = stack.frames;
-  thisStackFrames.reverse();
+  debugger;
+  const thisStackFrames = stack.frames.toReversed().slice(frameSkip);
 
   let overlappingI = 0;
   while (overlappingI < thisStackFrames.length && overlappingI < prevStack.length) {
@@ -123,20 +124,31 @@ for (const stack of stacks) {
     overlappingI++;
   }
   // pop off the stack
-  for (let i = prevStack.length - 1; i >= Math.max(frameSkip, overlappingI); --i) {
+  for (let i = prevStack.length - 1; i >= overlappingI; --i) {
     const prevFrame = prevStack[i];
+    let newNow = stack.time * 1000000;
+    if (newNow <= now) {
+      newNow = now + 1;
+    }
+    now = newNow;
+
     traceEvents.push({
       ph: "E",
       name: prevFrame.location,
       sf: String(perfettoStack.pop()),
-      ts: stack.time * 1000000,
+      ts: now,
       cat: prevCat !== "" ? prevCat : undefined
     });
   }
 
   // push on the stack
-  for (let i = Math.max(frameSkip, overlappingI); i < thisStackFrames.length; ++i) {
+  for (let i = overlappingI; i < thisStackFrames.length; ++i) {
     const nextFrame = thisStackFrames[i];
+    let newNow = stack.time * 1000000;
+    if (newNow <= now) {
+      newNow = now + 1;
+    }
+    now = newNow;
     stackFrames[stackNo] = {
       name: nextFrame.location,
       parent: perfettoStack.length ? String(perfettoStack[perfettoStack.length - 1]) : undefined
@@ -145,7 +157,7 @@ for (const stack of stacks) {
       ph: "B",
       name: nextFrame.location,
       sf: String(stackNo),
-      ts: stack.time * 1000000,
+      ts: newNow,
       cat: stack.category !== "" ? stack.category : undefined
     });
     perfettoStack.push(stackNo++);