diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
index ceaba6ef..0cb50808 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
@@ -532,20 +532,10 @@ export class WebCrawler {
     url: string,
     urlsHandler: (urls: string[]) => unknown,
   ): Promise<number> {
-    if (this.sitemapsHit.size >= 5) {
-      this.logger.warn("Sitemap limit of 5 hit, not hitting this one.");
-      return 0;
-    }
-
     const sitemapUrl = url.endsWith(".xml")
       ? url
       : `${url}${url.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/"}sitemap.xml`;
 
-    if (this.sitemapsHit.has(sitemapUrl)) {
-      this.logger.warn("This sitemap has already been hit.", { sitemapUrl });
-      return 0;
-    }
-
     this.sitemapsHit.add(sitemapUrl);
 
     let sitemapCount: number = 0;
@@ -556,6 +546,7 @@ export class WebCrawler {
         { sitemapUrl, urlsHandler, mode: "fire-engine" },
         this.logger,
         this.jobId,
+        this.sitemapsHit,
       );
     } catch (error) {
       this.logger.debug(`Failed to fetch sitemap from ${sitemapUrl}`, {
@@ -597,6 +588,7 @@ export class WebCrawler {
             },
             this.logger,
             this.jobId,
+            this.sitemapsHit,
           );
         } catch (error) {
           this.logger.debug(
@@ -621,6 +613,7 @@ export class WebCrawler {
           { sitemapUrl: baseUrlSitemap, urlsHandler, mode: "fire-engine" },
           this.logger,
           this.jobId,
+          this.sitemapsHit,
         );
       } catch (error) {
         this.logger.debug(`Failed to fetch sitemap from ${baseUrlSitemap}`, {
@@ -635,6 +628,7 @@ export class WebCrawler {
             { sitemapUrl: baseUrlSitemap, urlsHandler, mode: "fire-engine" },
             this.logger,
             this.jobId,
+            this.sitemapsHit,
           );
         }
       }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
index aba0e0ba..7cb9e274 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,20 @@ export async function getLinksFromSitemap(
   },
   logger: Logger,
   crawlId: string,
+  sitemapsHit: Set<string>,
 ): Promise<number> {
+  if (sitemapsHit.size >= 5) {
+    logger.warn("Sitemap limit of 5 hit, not hitting this one.");
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  if (sitemapsHit.has(sitemapUrl)) {
+    logger.warn("This sitemap has already been hit.", { sitemapUrl });
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  sitemapsHit.add(sitemapUrl);
+
   try {
     let content: string = "";
     try {
@@ -126,7 +139,7 @@ export async function getLinksFromSitemap(
         .map((sitemap) => sitemap.loc[0].trim());
 
       const sitemapPromises: Promise<number>[] = sitemapUrls.map((sitemapUrl) =>
-        getLinksFromSitemap({ sitemapUrl, urlsHandler, mode }, logger, crawlId),
+        getLinksFromSitemap({ sitemapUrl, urlsHandler, mode }, logger, crawlId, sitemapsHit),
       );
 
       const results = await Promise.all(sitemapPromises);
@@ -149,6 +162,7 @@ export async function getLinksFromSitemap(
             { sitemapUrl: sitemapUrl, urlsHandler, mode },
             logger,
             crawlId,
+            sitemapsHit,
           ),
         );
         count += (await Promise.all(sitemapPromises)).reduce(