diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 7ef0d0e9..04fa3a53 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ pub async fn run_wasm_main(run_args: RunArgs) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         Some(stem) => stem.to_string_lossy(),
         None => panic!("program cannot be a directory"),
     };
-    ctx.run_main(&program_name, run_args.wasm_args()).await
+    ctx.run_main(
+        &program_name,
+        run_args.wasm_args(),
+        run_args.profile_guest(),
+    )
+    .await
 }
 
 fn install_tracing_subscriber(verbosity: u8) {
@@ -222,14 +227,9 @@ async fn create_execution_context(
     check_backends: bool,
 ) -> Result<ExecuteCtx, anyhow::Error> {
     let input = args.input();
-    let mut ctx = ExecuteCtx::new(
-        input,
-        args.profiling_strategy(),
-        args.wasi_modules(),
-        args.profile_guest().cloned(),
-    )?
-    .with_log_stderr(args.log_stderr())
-    .with_log_stdout(args.log_stdout());
+    let mut ctx = ExecuteCtx::new(input, args.profiling_strategy(), args.wasi_modules())?
+        .with_log_stderr(args.log_stderr())
+        .with_log_stdout(args.log_stdout());
 
     if let Some(config_path) = args.config_path() {
         let config = FastlyConfig::from_file(config_path)?;
diff --git a/cli/src/opts.rs b/cli/src/opts.rs
index ee88b135..86f5bd61 100644
--- a/cli/src/opts.rs
+++ b/cli/src/opts.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ pub struct RunArgs {
     #[command(flatten)]
     shared: SharedArgs,
 
+    /// Whether to profile the wasm guest. Takes an optional filename to save
+    /// the profile to
+    #[arg(long, default_missing_value = "guest-profile.json", num_args=0..=1, require_equals=true)]
+    profile_guest: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Args to pass along to the binary being executed.
     #[arg(trailing_var_arg = true, allow_hyphen_values = true)]
     wasm_args: Vec<String>,
@@ -83,10 +88,6 @@ pub struct SharedArgs {
     /// Whether to enable wasmtime's builtin profiler.
     #[arg(long = "profiler", value_parser = check_wasmtime_profiler_mode)]
     profiler: Option<ProfilingStrategy>,
-    /// Whether to profile the wasm guest. Takes an optional filename to save
-    /// the profile to
-    #[arg(long, default_missing_value = "guest-profile.json", num_args=0..=1, require_equals=true)]
-    profile_guest: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// Set of experimental WASI modules to link against.
     #[arg(value_enum, long = "experimental_modules", required = false)]
     experimental_modules: Vec<ExperimentalModuleArg>,
@@ -120,6 +121,11 @@ impl RunArgs {
     pub fn shared(&self) -> &SharedArgs {
         &self.shared
     }
+
+    /// The path to write a guest profile to
+    pub fn profile_guest(&self) -> Option<&PathBuf> {
+        self.profile_guest.as_ref()
+    }
 }
 
 impl SharedArgs {
@@ -148,11 +154,6 @@ impl SharedArgs {
         self.profiler.unwrap_or(ProfilingStrategy::None)
     }
 
-    /// The path to write a guest profile to
-    pub fn profile_guest(&self) -> Option<&PathBuf> {
-        self.profile_guest.as_ref()
-    }
-
     // Set of experimental wasi modules to link against.
     pub fn wasi_modules(&self) -> HashSet<ExperimentalModule> {
         self.experimental_modules.iter().map(|x| x.into()).collect()
diff --git a/lib/src/execute.rs b/lib/src/execute.rs
index fa6afb32..e5269bd8 100644
--- a/lib/src/execute.rs
+++ b/lib/src/execute.rs
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ pub struct ExecuteCtx {
     // `Arc` for the two fields below because this struct must be `Clone`.
     epoch_increment_thread: Option<Arc<JoinHandle<()>>>,
     epoch_increment_stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
-    /// The path to save a guest profile to
-    guest_profile_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl ExecuteCtx {
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ impl ExecuteCtx {
         module_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
         profiling_strategy: ProfilingStrategy,
         wasi_modules: HashSet<ExperimentalModule>,
-        guest_profile_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let config = &configure_wasmtime(profiling_strategy);
         let engine = Engine::new(config)?;
@@ -115,7 +112,6 @@ impl ExecuteCtx {
             secret_stores: Arc::new(SecretStores::new()),
             epoch_increment_thread,
             epoch_increment_stop,
-            guest_profile_path,
         })
     }
 
@@ -371,7 +367,12 @@ impl ExecuteCtx {
         outcome
     }
 
-    pub async fn run_main(self, program_name: &str, args: &[String]) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    pub async fn run_main(
+        self,
+        program_name: &str,
+        args: &[String],
+        guest_profile_path: Option<&PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         // placeholders for request, result sender channel, and remote IP
         let req = Request::get("http://example.com/").body(Body::empty())?;
         let req_id = 0;
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ impl ExecuteCtx {
             self.secret_stores.clone(),
         );
 
-        let profiler = self.guest_profile_path.as_ref().map(|_| {
+        let profiler = guest_profile_path.map(|_| {
             GuestProfiler::new(
                 program_name,
                 EPOCH_INTERRUPTION_PERIOD,
@@ -421,10 +422,9 @@ impl ExecuteCtx {
         let result = main_func.call_async(&mut store, ()).await;
 
         // If we collected a profile, write it to the file
-        if let (Some(profile), Some(path)) = (
-            store.data_mut().take_guest_profiler(),
-            self.guest_profile_path.as_ref(),
-        ) {
+        if let (Some(profile), Some(path)) =
+            (store.data_mut().take_guest_profiler(), guest_profile_path)
+        {
             if let Err(e) = std::fs::File::create(&path)
                 .map_err(anyhow::Error::new)
                 .and_then(|output| profile.finish(std::io::BufWriter::new(output)))