diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/SimpleXApp.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/SimpleXApp.swift
index cd347cf469..25fbae043b 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/SimpleXApp.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/SimpleXApp.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ struct SimpleXApp: App {
 
     init() {
         DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).sync {
-            haskell_init(getAppEventLogPath().path, getAppDebugProfilePath().path)
+            // we have to use debug profile file name without extension here because .hp extension is added by profiler
+            haskell_init(
+                getAppEventLogPath().path,
+                getAppDebugProfilePrefixPath().path
+            )
 //            hs_init(0, nil)
         }
         UserDefaults.standard.register(defaults: appDefaults)
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
index 0452be6926..59d6de6474 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/FileUtils.swift
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func getAppDirectory() -> URL {
 
 let DB_FILE_PREFIX = "simplex_v1"
 
+let DEBUG_PROFILE_PREFIX = "simplex_debug"
+
+let DEBUG_PROFILE_EXTENSION = ".hp"
+
 func getLegacyDatabasePath() -> URL {
     getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent("mobile_v1", isDirectory: false)
 }
@@ -62,6 +66,18 @@ public func getAppDatabasePath() -> URL {
     : getLegacyDatabasePath()
 }
 
+public func getAppDebugProfilePrefixPath() -> URL {
+    getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent(DEBUG_PROFILE_PREFIX, isDirectory: false)
+}
+
+public func getAppDebugProfilePath() -> URL {
+    getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent(DEBUG_PROFILE_PREFIX + DEBUG_PROFILE_EXTENSION, isDirectory: false)
+}
+
+public func getAppEventLogPath() -> URL {
+    getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent("simplex.eventlog", isDirectory: false)
+}
+
 func fileModificationDate(_ path: String) -> Date? {
     do {
         let attr = try FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: path)
@@ -192,14 +208,6 @@ public func getAppFilesDirectory() -> URL {
     getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent("app_files", isDirectory: true)
 }
 
-public func getAppDebugProfilePath() -> URL {
-    getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent("simplex_debug_profile", isDirectory: false)
-}
-
-public func getAppEventLogPath() -> URL {
-    getAppDirectory().appendingPathComponent("simplex_event_log", isDirectory: false)
-}
-
 public func getAppFilePath(_ fileName: String) -> URL {
     getAppFilesDirectory().appendingPathComponent(fileName)
 }
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/hs_init.c b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/hs_init.c
index 04e99bef56..a2ac41cbe1 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/hs_init.c
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/hs_init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 #include "hs_init.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 extern void hs_init_with_rtsopts(int * argc, char **argv[]);
@@ -25,13 +26,14 @@ void haskell_init(const char *eventlog, const char *heap_profile) {
     if (eventlog) {
         static char ol[1024] = "-ol";
         (void)strncpy(&ol[3], eventlog, sizeof(ol) - 3);
-        argv[argc++] = "-olsimplex.eventlog"; // produce <eventlog> file relative to "current" directory
+        printf("%s\n", ol);
+        argv[argc++] = ol;
         argv[argc++] = "-l-agu"; // collect GC and user events
     }
     if (heap_profile) {
         static char po[1024] = "-po";
         (void)strncpy(&po[3], heap_profile, sizeof(po) - 3);
-        argv[argc++] = po; // produce <heap_profile>.hp relative to "current" directory
+        argv[argc++] = po; // adds ".hp" extension
         argv[argc++] = "-hT"; // emit heap profile by closure type
     }
     int non_moving_gc = !heap_profile; // not compatible with heap profile