diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4bdc0944a6..28edd35876 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6988,6 +6988,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
  "dirs-next",
+ "futures",
  "graphviz-rust",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml b/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
index 4cce23c440..4e943af532 100644
--- a/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sn_auditor/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "~0.6"
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
+futures = "0.3.28"
 graphviz-rust = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
diff --git a/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs b/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
index b16c4f4a2f..c00770dd73 100644
--- a/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
+++ b/sn_auditor/src/dag_db.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ impl SpendDagDb {
     }
 
     /// Dump DAG to disk
+    #[cfg(feature = "dag-collection")]
     pub async fn dump(&self) -> Result<()> {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.path)?;
         let dag_path = self.path.join(SPEND_DAG_FILENAME);
@@ -228,39 +229,70 @@ impl SpendDagDb {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // get a copy of the current DAG
-            let mut dag = { self.dag.clone().read().await.clone() };
-
-            // update it
-            client
-                .spend_dag_continue_from(&mut dag, addrs_to_get, spend_processing.clone(), true)
-                .await;
-
-            // update utxos
-            let new_utxos = dag.get_utxos();
-            utxo_addresses.extend(
-                new_utxos
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|a| (a, Instant::now() + DAG_RECRAWL_INTERVAL)),
-            );
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "dag-collection"))]
+            {
+                if let Some(sender) = spend_processing.clone() {
+                    // crawl DAG
+                    let tasks: Vec<_> = addrs_to_get
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|a| client.spend_dag_crawl_from(*a, sender.clone()))
+                        .collect();
+                    let res = futures::future::join_all(tasks).await;
+                    let mut new_utxos = BTreeSet::new();
+                    for (r, a) in res.into_iter().zip(addrs_to_get) {
+                        match r {
+                            Ok(utxos) => new_utxos.extend(utxos),
+                            Err(e) => error!("Failed to crawl DAG from {a:?} : {e}"),
+                        }
+                    }
 
-            // write updates to local DAG and save to disk
-            let mut dag_w_handle = self.dag.write().await;
-            *dag_w_handle = dag;
-            std::mem::drop(dag_w_handle);
-            if let Err(e) = self.dump().await {
-                error!("Failed to dump DAG: {e}");
+                    // update utxos
+                    utxo_addresses.extend(
+                        new_utxos
+                            .into_iter()
+                            .map(|a| (a, Instant::now() + REATTEMPT_INTERVAL)),
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    panic!("There is no point in running the auditor if we are not collecting the DAG or collecting data through crawling. Please enable the `dag-collection` feature or provide beta program related arguments.");
+                }
             }
 
-            // update and save svg to file in a background thread so we don't block
-            #[cfg(feature = "svg-dag")]
+            #[cfg(feature = "dag-collection")]
             {
-                let self_clone = self.clone();
-                tokio::spawn(async move {
-                    if let Err(e) = self_clone.dump_dag_svg().await {
-                        error!("Failed to dump DAG svg: {e}");
-                    }
-                });
+                // get a copy of the current DAG
+                let mut dag = { self.dag.clone().read().await.clone() };
+
+                // update it
+                client
+                    .spend_dag_continue_from(&mut dag, addrs_to_get, spend_processing.clone(), true)
+                    .await;
+
+                // update utxos
+                let new_utxos = dag.get_utxos();
+                utxo_addresses.extend(
+                    new_utxos
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|a| (a, Instant::now() + REATTEMPT_INTERVAL)),
+                );
+
+                // write updates to local DAG and save to disk
+                let mut dag_w_handle = self.dag.write().await;
+                *dag_w_handle = dag;
+                std::mem::drop(dag_w_handle);
+                if let Err(e) = self.dump().await {
+                    error!("Failed to dump DAG: {e}");
+                }
+
+                // update and save svg to file in a background thread so we don't block
+                #[cfg(feature = "svg-dag")]
+                {
+                    let self_clone = self.clone();
+                    tokio::spawn(async move {
+                        if let Err(e) = self_clone.dump_dag_svg().await {
+                            error!("Failed to dump DAG svg: {e}");
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
             }
         }
     }