diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
index 0cb50808..643b274e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/crawler.ts
@@ -536,8 +536,6 @@ export class WebCrawler {
       ? url
       : `${url}${url.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/"}sitemap.xml`;
 
-    this.sitemapsHit.add(sitemapUrl);
-
     let sitemapCount: number = 0;
 
     // Try to get sitemap from the provided URL first
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
index bb989077..b6b132aa 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/sitemap.ts
@@ -36,86 +36,41 @@ export async function getLinksFromSitemap(
   try {
     let content: string = "";
     try {
-      if (mode === "fire-engine" && useFireEngine) {
-        const fetchResponse = await scrapeURL(
-          "sitemap;" + crawlId,
-          sitemapUrl,
-          scrapeOptions.parse({ formats: ["rawHtml"] }),
-          { forceEngine: "fetch" },
-        );
+      const response = await scrapeURL(
+        "sitemap;" + crawlId,
+        sitemapUrl,
+        scrapeOptions.parse({ formats: ["rawHtml"] }),
+        {
+          forceEngine: [
+            "fetch",
+            ...((mode === "fire-engine" && useFireEngine) ? ["fire-engine;tlsclient" as const] : []),
+          ],
+          v0DisableJsDom: true
+        },
+      );
 
-        if (
-          fetchResponse.success &&
-          fetchResponse.document.metadata.statusCode >= 200 &&
-          fetchResponse.document.metadata.statusCode < 300
-        ) {
-          content = fetchResponse.document.rawHtml!;
-        } else {
-          logger.debug(
-            "Failed to scrape sitemap via fetch, falling back to TLSClient...",
-            {
-              error: fetchResponse.success
-                ? fetchResponse.document
-                : fetchResponse.error,
-            },
-          );
-
-          const tlsResponse = await scrapeURL(
-            "sitemap",
-            sitemapUrl,
-            scrapeOptions.parse({ formats: ["rawHtml"] }),
-            { forceEngine: "fire-engine;tlsclient", v0DisableJsDom: true },
-          );
-
-          if (
-            tlsResponse.success &&
-            tlsResponse.document.metadata.statusCode >= 200 &&
-            tlsResponse.document.metadata.statusCode < 300
-          ) {
-            content = tlsResponse.document.rawHtml!;
-          } else {
-            logger.error(
-              `Request failed for ${sitemapUrl}, ran out of engines!`,
-              {
-                method: "getLinksFromSitemap",
-                mode,
-                sitemapUrl,
-                error: tlsResponse.success
-                  ? tlsResponse.document
-                  : tlsResponse.error,
-              },
-            );
-            return 0;
-          }
-        }
+      if (
+        response.success &&
+        response.document.metadata.statusCode >= 200 &&
+        response.document.metadata.statusCode < 300
+      ) {
+        content = response.document.rawHtml!;
       } else {
-        const fetchResponse = await scrapeURL(
-          "sitemap;" + crawlId,
-          sitemapUrl,
-          scrapeOptions.parse({ formats: ["rawHtml"] }),
-          { forceEngine: "fetch" },
+        logger.error(
+          `Request failed for sitemap fetch`,
+          {
+            method: "getLinksFromSitemap",
+            mode,
+            sitemapUrl,
+            error: response.success
+              ? response.document
+              : response.error,
+          },
         );
-
-        if (
-          fetchResponse.success &&
-          fetchResponse.document.metadata.statusCode >= 200 &&
-          fetchResponse.document.metadata.statusCode < 300
-        ) {
-          content = fetchResponse.document.rawHtml!;
-        } else {
-          logger.error(
-            `Request failed for ${sitemapUrl}, ran out of engines!`,
-            {
-              method: "getLinksFromSitemap",
-              mode,
-              sitemapUrl,
-            },
-          );
-          return 0;
-        }
+        return 0;
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      logger.error(`Request failed for ${sitemapUrl}`, {
+      logger.error(`Request failed for sitemap fetch`, {
         method: "getLinksFromSitemap",
         mode,
         sitemapUrl,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index.ts
index 12a5e6e4..896e177b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index.ts
@@ -298,10 +298,12 @@ export function buildFallbackList(meta: Meta): {
   engine: Engine;
   unsupportedFeatures: Set<FeatureFlag>;
 }[] {
+  const _engines = [...engines];
+
   if (meta.internalOptions.useCache !== true) {
-    const cacheIndex = engines.indexOf("cache");
+    const cacheIndex = _engines.indexOf("cache");
     if (cacheIndex !== -1) {
-      engines.splice(cacheIndex, 1);
+      _engines.splice(cacheIndex, 1);
     }
   } else {
     meta.logger.debug("Cache engine enabled by useCache option");
@@ -319,8 +321,8 @@ export function buildFallbackList(meta: Meta): {
 
   const currentEngines =
     meta.internalOptions.forceEngine !== undefined
-      ? [meta.internalOptions.forceEngine]
-      : engines;
+      ? (Array.isArray(meta.internalOptions.forceEngine) ? meta.internalOptions.forceEngine : [meta.internalOptions.forceEngine])
+      : _engines;
 
   for (const engine of currentEngines) {
     const supportedFlags = new Set([
@@ -371,11 +373,13 @@ export function buildFallbackList(meta: Meta): {
     );
   }
 
-  selectedEngines.sort(
-    (a, b) =>
-      b.supportScore - a.supportScore ||
-      engineOptions[b.engine].quality - engineOptions[a.engine].quality,
-  );
+  if (meta.internalOptions.forceEngine === undefined) { // retain force engine order
+    selectedEngines.sort(
+      (a, b) =>
+        b.supportScore - a.supportScore ||
+        engineOptions[b.engine].quality - engineOptions[a.engine].quality,
+    );
+  }
 
   return selectedEngines;
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
index a657c4c4..f95d199f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ async function buildMetaObject(
 
 export type InternalOptions = {
   priority?: number; // Passed along to fire-engine
-  forceEngine?: Engine;
+  forceEngine?: Engine | Engine[];
   atsv?: boolean; // anti-bot solver, beta
 
   v0CrawlOnlyUrls?: boolean;