diff --git a/spras/config/container_schema.py b/spras/config/container_schema.py
index 70276f63..5112198b 100644
--- a/spras/config/container_schema.py
+++ b/spras/config/container_schema.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def from_container_settings(settings: ContainerSettings, hash_length: int) -> "P
             unpack_singularity=unpack_singularity,
             base_url=container_base_url,
             prefix=container_prefix,
+            enable_profiling=settings.enable_profiling,
             hash_length=hash_length,
             images=dict(settings.images),
         )
diff --git a/test/test_config.py b/test/test_config.py
index cf4cdf0f..f20f0e64 100644
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@@ -251,6 +251,22 @@ def test_config_container_images_invalid_algorithm(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown algorithm name 'typo_algo'"):
             config.init_global(test_config)
 
+    def test_config_container_enable_profiling(self):
+        # enable_profiling must survive the ContainerSettings -> ProcessedContainerSettings
+        # conversion in from_container_settings(). containers.py reads it off the processed
+        # settings at runtime, so if it isn't propagated the profiling code path never runs.
+        # Regression test for the field being silently dropped during that conversion.
+        test_config = get_test_config()
+
+        # Default: absent from config --> False
+        config.init_global(test_config)
+        assert config.config.container_settings.enable_profiling is False
+
+        # Explicitly enabled --> must propagate to the processed settings as True
+        test_config["containers"]["enable_profiling"] = True
+        config.init_global(test_config)
+        assert config.config.container_settings.enable_profiling is True
+
     def test_error_dataset_label(self):
         test_config = get_test_config()
         error_test_dicts = [{"label": "test$"}, {"label": "@test'"}, {"label": "[test]"}, {"label": "test-test"},