diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
index 94102b4834..0271c71529 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace render {
 
     class RenderContext : public task::JobContext {
     public:
+        RenderContext() : task::JobContext(trace_render()) {}
         virtual ~RenderContext() {}
 
         RenderArgs* args;
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ namespace render {
 
     protected:
         RenderContextPointer _renderContext;
-    
+
         void run(const RenderContextPointer& context) override { assert(_renderContext);  Task::run(_renderContext); }
     };
     using EnginePointer = std::shared_ptr<Engine>;
diff --git a/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h b/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
index 3ac6614a09..2ab90411c1 100644
--- a/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
+++ b/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ class JobNoIO {};
 
 class JobContext {
 public:
+    JobContext(const QLoggingCategory& category) : profileCategory(category) {
+        assert(category);
+    }
     virtual ~JobContext() {}
 
     std::shared_ptr<JobConfig> jobConfig { nullptr };
+    const QLoggingCategory& profileCategory;
 };
 using JobContextPointer = std::shared_ptr<JobContext>;
 
@@ -163,7 +167,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual void run(const ContextPointer& jobContext) {
         PerformanceTimer perfTimer(_name.c_str());
-        //PROFILE_RANGE(render, _name.c_str());
+        //PROFILE_RANGE(foo, _name);
+        //Duration profileRangeThis(trace_foo(), name);
+        Duration profileRange(jobContext->profileCategory, _name.c_str());
         auto start = usecTimestampNow();
 
         _concept->run(jobContext);