diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4bdc0944a6..90c2bd227a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6989,6 +6989,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "dirs-next",
  "graphviz-rust",
+ "lazy_static",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sn_client",
diff --git a/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml b/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
index 4cce23c440..afde173fe0 100644
--- a/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "~0.6"
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
 graphviz-rust = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 sn_client = { path = "../sn_client", version = "0.107.3" }
diff --git a/sn_auditor/README.md b/sn_auditor/README.md
index bb4b45abbf..e8291f9f3d 100644
--- a/sn_auditor/README.md
+++ b/sn_auditor/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ It can be run with the following flags:
           discord usernames of the beta participants
 ```
 
+The following env var:
+
+```
+# time in seconds UTXOs are refetched in DAG crawl
+UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL=3600
+```
+
 ## Endpoints
 
 The webserver listens on port `4242` and has the following endpoints:
diff --git a/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs b/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
index 2e965ec91d..12db768623 100644
--- a/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
+++ b/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use color_eyre::eyre::Context;
 use color_eyre::eyre::{bail, eyre, Result};
 #[cfg(feature = "svg-dag")]
 use graphviz_rust::{cmd::Format, exec, parse, printer::PrinterContext};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sn_client::transfers::{Hash, NanoTokens, SignedSpend, SpendAddress};
 use sn_client::{Client, SpendDag, SpendDagGet};
@@ -28,7 +29,16 @@ pub const SPEND_DAG_SVG_FILENAME: &str = "spend_dag.svg";
 /// Store a locally copy to restore on restart
 pub const BETA_PARTICIPANTS_FILENAME: &str = "beta_participants.txt";
 
-const REATTEMPT_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3600);
+lazy_static! {
+    /// time in seconds UTXOs are refetched in DAG crawl
+    static ref UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(
+        std::env::var("UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL")
+            .unwrap_or("3600".to_string())
+            .parse::<u64>()
+            .unwrap_or(3600)
+    );
+}
+
 const SPENDS_PROCESSING_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 
 /// Abstraction for the Spend DAG database
@@ -223,8 +233,11 @@ impl SpendDagDb {
             let addrs_to_get = utxos_to_fetch.keys().cloned().collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
 
             if addrs_to_get.is_empty() {
-                debug!("Sleeping for {REATTEMPT_INTERVAL:?} until next re-attempt...");
-                tokio::time::sleep(REATTEMPT_INTERVAL).await;
+                debug!(
+                    "Sleeping for {:?} until next re-attempt...",
+                    *UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL
+                );
+                tokio::time::sleep(*UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL).await;
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -241,7 +254,7 @@ impl SpendDagDb {
             utxo_addresses.extend(
                 new_utxos
                     .into_iter()
-                    .map(|a| (a, Instant::now() + REATTEMPT_INTERVAL)),
+                    .map(|a| (a, Instant::now() + *UTXO_REATTEMPT_INTERVAL)),
             );
 
             // write updates to local DAG and save to disk