diff --git a/backend/audit/decorators.py b/backend/audit/decorators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60996ef4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/audit/decorators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import functools
+import logging
+import time
+
+import newrelic.agent
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def profile(metric_name):
+    def profile_inner(func):
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def wrapper_timer(*args, **kwargs):
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
+            value = func(*args, **kwargs)
+            end_time = time.perf_counter()
+            run_time = end_time - start_time
+            logger.info(f"{metric_name} executed in {run_time:.4f} secs")
+            newrelic.agent.record_custom_metric(f"Custom/{metric_name}", run_time)
+            return value
+        return wrapper_timer
+    return profile_inner
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/audit/validators.py b/backend/audit/validators.py
index 8bd43bd661..4524ac73e7 100644
--- a/backend/audit/validators.py
+++ b/backend/audit/validators.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import json
 import logging
+import time
+
 from jsonschema import Draft7Validator, FormatChecker, validate
 from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError as JSONSchemaValidationError
 
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
 from openpyxl import load_workbook
 from pypdf import PdfReader
 
-
+from audit.decorators import profile
 from audit.intakelib import (
     additional_ueis_named_ranges,
     additional_eins_named_ranges,
@@ -386,12 +388,12 @@ def _scan_file(file):
             data={"name": file.name},
             timeout=15,
         )
-    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
         raise ValidationError(
             "We were unable to complete a security inspection of the file, please try again or contact support for assistance."
         )
 
-
+@profile("validate_file_infection")
 def validate_file_infection(file):
     """Files must pass an AV scan"""
     logger.info(f"Attempting to scan file: {file}.")