diff --git a/monkestation/code/__HELPERS/files.dm b/monkestation/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
index 45a305682b0e..a443592385d7 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/__HELPERS/files.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	var/regex/whitelist_regex
 	if(whitelist)
 		// try not to look at it too hard. yes i wrote this by hand.
-		whitelist_regex = new("(?:\[\\/\\\\\]$|(?:^|\\\\|\\/)(?:[regex_quote_list(whitelist)]|(?:profiler|sendmaps)-\[0-9_\\-\]+|(?:meowtonin-(?:panic-)?\[0-9_\\-\]+))\\.(?:[regex_quote_list(valid_extensions)])$)", "i")
+		whitelist_regex = new("(?:\[\\/\\\\\]$|(?:^|\\\\|\\/)(?:[regex_quote_list(whitelist)]|(?:profiler|sendmaps|memstat)-\[0-9_\\-\]+|(?:meowtonin-(?:panic-)?\[0-9_\\-\]+))\\.(?:[regex_quote_list(valid_extensions)])$)", "i")
 
 	// wow why was this ever a parameter
 	var/root = "data/logs/"
diff --git a/monkestation/code/controllers/subsystem/memory_stats.dm b/monkestation/code/controllers/subsystem/memory_stats.dm
index e82c39403b84..361d878f5a8b 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/controllers/subsystem/memory_stats.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/controllers/subsystem/memory_stats.dm
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(memory_stats)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/memory_stats/fire(resumed)
 	var/memory_summary = get_memory_stats()
 	if(memory_summary)
-		aneri_file_write(memory_summary, "data/mem_stat/[GLOB.round_id]-memstat.txt")
+		var/timestamp = time2text(world.timeofday, "YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss")
+		aneri_file_write(json_encode(stats), "[GLOB.log_directory]/profiler/memstat-[timestamp].json")
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/memory_stats/proc/get_memory_stats()
 	if(!aneri_file_exists(MEMORYSTATS_DLL_PATH))