diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
index 2b68871e8b..9adda324d4 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
@@ -2959,13 +2959,14 @@ bias=-1
 def quickProfile(name="unnamed"):    
     global bias
     if(base.config.GetBool("use-profiler",0)):
-        print "Calibrating profiler"
         if bias == -1:
-            prof.Profile.bias = prof.Profile().calibrate(10000)
-            import pstats
+            print "Calibrating profiler"            
+            bias = prof.Profile().calibrate(100000)
+            print "Bias is: ",bias
+            prof.Profile.bias =bias
         
             def f8(x):
-                return ("%"+"8.%df"%base.config.GetBool("profile-decimals",3)) % x
+                return ("%"+"8.%df"%base.config.GetInt("profile-decimals",3)) % x
             pstats.f8=f8
     def profileDecorator(f):
         if(not base.config.GetBool("use-profiler",0)):