diff --git a/benchmark.pl b/benchmark.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..329a95c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Little script used to run benchmarks against dev.localhost.localdomain
+#
+# To profile, run "perl -d:NYTProf benchmark.pl"
+
+use lib '/data/WebGUI/lib';
+use WebGUI;
+use Plack::Test;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+my $app = WebGUI->new( root => '/data/WebGUI', site => 'dev.localhost.localdomain.conf' )->psgi_app;
+
+test_psgi $app, sub {
+    my $cb  = shift;
+    my $res = $cb->( GET "/" );
+} for 1..100;
diff --git a/etc/dev.localhost.localdomain.psgi b/etc/dev.localhost.localdomain.psgi
index 2ffcee8a4..6306850cc 100644
--- a/etc/dev.localhost.localdomain.psgi
+++ b/etc/dev.localhost.localdomain.psgi
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 use lib '/data/WebGUI/lib';
 use WebGUI;
 
-my $app = WebGUI->new( root => '/data/WebGUI', site => 'dev.localhost.localdomain.conf' )->psgi_app;
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+# Some ways to achieve the same thing from the command line:
+#  plackup -MWebGUI -e 'WebGUI->new'
+#  plackup -MWebGUI -e 'WebGUI->new("dev.localhost.localdomain.conf")'
+#  plackup -MWebGUI -e 'WebGUI->new(root => "/data/WebGUI", site => "dev.localhost.localdomain.conf")'
+#
+# Or from a .psgi file:
+#  my $app = WebGUI->new( root => '/data/WebGUI', site => 'dev.localhost.localdomain.conf' )->psgi_app;
+# Or equivalently (using the defaults):
+WebGUI->new;
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