diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b77a1aff..6588cf0d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@a11ywatch/core",
-  "version": "0.5.48",
+  "version": "0.5.49",
   "description": "a11ywatch central api",
   "main": "./server.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/core/actions/index.ts b/src/core/actions/index.ts
index 1385094f..13a561a2 100644
--- a/src/core/actions/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/actions/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-export { crawlWebsite } from "./accessibility/crawl-group";
 export { crawlPage, crawlMultiSite } from "./accessibility/crawl";
 export { scanWebsite } from "./accessibility/scan";
diff --git a/src/core/controllers/websites/set/add-website.ts b/src/core/controllers/websites/set/add-website.ts
index be21f8c5..557b4fb7 100644
--- a/src/core/controllers/websites/set/add-website.ts
+++ b/src/core/controllers/websites/set/add-website.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { getWebsite } from "../find";
 import { getUser } from "../../users";
 import { watcherCrawl } from "../../../actions/accessibility/watcher_crawl";
 import { connect } from "../../../../database";
+import { SUPER_MODE } from "../../../../config/config";
 
 // used on mutations performs a website created following a multi-site scan if enabled
 export const addWebsite = async ({
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ export const addWebsite = async ({
 
   const actionsEnabled = actions && Array.isArray(actions) && actions.length;
 
-  const subdomainsEnabled = subdomains && user.role >= 1;
-  const tldEnabled = tld && user.role >= 2;
+  const subdomainsEnabled = subdomains && (SUPER_MODE || user.role >= 1);
+  const tldEnabled = tld && (SUPER_MODE || user.role >= 2);
 
   const website = makeWebsite({
     userId,
diff --git a/src/queues/crawl/handle.ts b/src/queues/crawl/handle.ts
index 07464b08..667859bb 100644
--- a/src/queues/crawl/handle.ts
+++ b/src/queues/crawl/handle.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { queueAsPromised } from "fastq";
 import fastq from "fastq";
 import { cpus } from "os";
-import { crawlWebsite } from "../../core/actions";
+import { crawlWebsite } from "../../core/actions/accessibility/crawl-group";
 import { setWebsiteScore } from "../../core/utils/stats/score";
 import type { Method } from "../../database/config";
+import type { ResponseModel } from "../../core/models/response/types";
 
 interface Meta {
   method?: Method;
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ type Task = {
   meta?: Meta;
 };
 
+// the async worker to use for crawling pages
+async function asyncWorker(arg: Task): Promise<ResponseModel | boolean> {
+  return await crawlWebsite(arg);
+}
+
 // the async worker to use for completed crawl actions. TODO: remove for collection appending raw value to score.
 async function asyncWorkerCrawlComplete(arg: Task): Promise<void> {
   const { userId, meta } = arg;
@@ -36,11 +42,11 @@ if (
 ) {
   cwLimit = Number(process.env.CRAWL_QUEUE_LIMIT);
 } else {
-  cwLimit = Math.max(10 * (cpus().length || 1), 4);
+  cwLimit = Math.max(8 * (cpus().length || 1), 4);
 }
 
 // crawl queue handler
-export const q: queueAsPromised<Task> = fastq.promise(crawlWebsite, cwLimit);
+export const q: queueAsPromised<Task> = fastq.promise(asyncWorker, cwLimit);
 
 // determine when crawl completed.
 export const qWebsiteWorker: queueAsPromised<Task> = fastq.promise(