diff --git a/nyaa/__init__.py b/nyaa/__init__.py
index f5836be..33732e7 100644
--- a/nyaa/__init__.py
+++ b/nyaa/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ def create_app(config):
             request.headers['Expires'] = '0'
             return request
 
+        # Add a timer header to the requests when debugging
+        # This gives us a simple way to benchmark requests off-app
+        import time
+
+        @app.before_request
+        def timer_before_request():
+            flask.g.request_start_time = time.time()
+
+        @app.after_request
+        def timer_after_request(request):
+            request.headers['X-Timer'] = time.time() - flask.g.request_start_time
+            return request
+
     else:
         app.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
diff --git a/utils/simple_bench.py b/utils/simple_bench.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..77c6cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/simple_bench.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Simple benchmark tool, requires X-Timer header in the response headers
+import requests
+
+BASE_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5500/'
+
+PAGES = 10
+PER_PAGE = 20
+
+
+def do_time(url):
+    r = requests.get(url)
+    return float(r.headers['X-Timer'])
+
+
+print('Warmup:', do_time(BASE_URL))
+for i in range(1, PAGES + 1):
+    page_url = BASE_URL + '?=' + str(i)
+
+    page_times = [
+        do_time(page_url) for _ in range(PER_PAGE)
+    ]
+
+    print('Page {:3d}: min:{:5.1f}ms max:{:5.1f}ms avg:{:5.1f}ms'.format(
+        i,
+        min(page_times) * 1000,
+        max(page_times) * 1000,
+        sum(page_times) / len(page_times) * 1000
+    ))