diff --git a/pydra/engine/core.py b/pydra/engine/core.py
index 266788908c..f5490cef83 100644
--- a/pydra/engine/core.py
+++ b/pydra/engine/core.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ def __init__(
 
         # checking if metadata is set properly
         self.inputs.check_metadata()
-        self.state_inputs = inputs
         # dictionary to save the connections with lazy fields
         self.inp_lf = {}
         self.state = None
@@ -481,7 +480,6 @@ def split(self, splitter, overwrite=False, **kwargs):
             )
         if kwargs:
             self.inputs = attr.evolve(self.inputs, **kwargs)
-            self.state_inputs = kwargs
         if not self.state or splitter != self.state.splitter:
             self.set_state(splitter)
         return self
diff --git a/pydra/engine/tests/test_profiles.py b/pydra/engine/tests/test_profiles.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11c09f6c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydra/engine/tests/test_profiles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from ..core import Workflow
+from ..helpers import load_task
+from ... import mark
+
+import numpy as np
+from pympler import asizeof
+from pytest import approx
+
+
+def generate_list(l):
+    return np.arange(l).tolist()
+
+
+@mark.task
+def show_var(a):
+    return a
+
+
+def create_wf(size):
+    wf = Workflow(name="wf", input_spec=["x"])
+    wf.split("x", x=generate_list(size))
+    wf.add(show_var(name="show", a=wf.lzin.x))
+    wf.set_output([("out", wf.show.lzout.out)])
+    wf.state.prepare_states(wf.inputs)
+    wf.state.prepare_inputs()
+    return wf
+
+
+def test_wf_memory():
+    """creating two workflow with relatively big splitter: 1000, 2000 and 4000 elements
+        testings if the size of workflow grows linearly
+    """
+
+    wf_1000 = create_wf(size=1000)
+    wf_1000_mem = asizeof.asizeof(wf_1000)
+
+    wf_2000 = create_wf(size=2000)
+    wf_2000_mem = asizeof.asizeof(wf_2000)
+
+    wf_4000 = create_wf(size=4000)
+    wf_4000_mem = asizeof.asizeof(wf_4000)
+    # checking if it's linear with the size of the splitter
+    # check print(asizeof.asized(wf_4000, detail=2).format()) in case of problems
+    assert wf_4000_mem / wf_2000_mem == approx(2, 0.05)
+    assert wf_2000_mem / wf_1000_mem == approx(2, 0.05)
+
+
+def test_load_task_memory():
+    """creating two workflow with relatively big splitter: 1000 and 4000 elements
+        testings if load_task for a single element returns tasks of a similar size
+    """
+
+    wf_1000 = create_wf(size=1000)
+    wf_1000_pkl = wf_1000.pickle_task()
+    wf_1000_loaded = load_task(task_pkl=wf_1000_pkl, ind=1)
+    wf_1000_single_mem = asizeof.asizeof(wf_1000_loaded)
+
+    wf_4000 = create_wf(size=4000)
+    wf_4000_pkl = wf_4000.pickle_task()
+    wf_4000_loaded = load_task(task_pkl=wf_4000_pkl, ind=1)
+    wf_4000_single_mem = asizeof.asizeof(wf_4000_loaded)
+
+    # checking if it doesn't change with size of the splitter
+    # check print(asizeof.asized(wf_4000_loaded, detail=2).format()) in case of problems
+    assert wf_1000_single_mem / wf_4000_single_mem == approx(1, 0.05)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 029433c26a..a560fa5fe7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ test_requires =
     python-dateutil
     tornado
     boutiques
+    pympler
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ test =
     python-dateutil
     tornado
     boutiques
+    pympler
 tests =
     %(test)s
 dev =