diff --git a/app/test/mscript_profile.js b/app/test/mscript_profile.js
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+'use strict';
+
+//the purpose of this script is to test the performance of the
+//mscript rewrite against the original
+
+const mscript = require('../lib/mscript');
+const mscriptOld = require('../lib/mscript/index.old.js');
+
+mscriptOld.state_clear();
+console.time('mscript old str_to_arr');
+
+
+for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+	mscriptOld.str_to_arr('BF 2222', 'BF');
+}
+
+console.timeEnd('mscript old str_to_arr')
+
+mscript.state_clear();
+console.time('mscript str_to_arr');
+
+for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+	mscript.str_to_arr('BF 2222', 'BF');
+}
+
+console.timeEnd('mscript str_to_arr');
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