def save_firefox_profile(self, remove_old=False):
        """Function to save the firefox profile to the permanant one"""
        self.logger.info("Saving profile from %s to %s" % (self._profile.path, self._profile_path))

        if remove_old:
            if os.path.exists(self._profile_path):
                try:
                    shutil.rmtree(self._profile_path)
                except OSError:
                    pass

            shutil.copytree(os.path.join(self._profile.path), self._profile_path,
                            ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("parent.lock", "lock", ".parentlock"))
        else:
            for item in os.listdir(self._profile.path):
                if item in ["parent.lock", "lock", ".parentlock"]:
                    continue
                s = os.path.join(self._profile.path, item)
                d = os.path.join(self._profile_path, item)
                if os.path.isdir(s):
                    shutil.copytree(s, d,
                                    ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("parent.lock", "lock", ".parentlock"))
                else:
                    shutil.copy2(s, d)

        with open(os.path.join(self._profile_path, self._LOCAL_STORAGE_FILE), 'w') as f:
            f.write(dumps(self.get_local_storage()))