diff --git a/php/fetch-servers.php b/php/fetch-servers.php
index 4a30149..945c4b6 100644
--- a/php/fetch-servers.php
+++ b/php/fetch-servers.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 	// Not required
 	include_once "$LANGUAGES_ROOT/language_flags.php";
 
+	$FAST_FETCH_MODE = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Fetch online Communities and write the resulting data to disk.
 	 * Communities are fetched as follows:
@@ -22,14 +24,18 @@
 	 * 6. De-dupe servers based on pubkey
 	 */
 	function main() {
-		global $LOGGING_VERBOSITY;
+		global $LOGGING_VERBOSITY, $FAST_FETCH_MODE;
 
 		// Read the -v|--verbose option increasing logging verbosity to debug.
-		$options = getopt("v", ["verbose"]);
+		$options = getopt("v", ["verbose", "fast"]);
 		if (isset($options["v"]) or isset($options["verbose"])) {
 			$LOGGING_VERBOSITY = LoggingVerbosity::Debug;
 		}
 
+		if (isset($options["fast"])) {
+			$FAST_FETCH_MODE = true;
+		}
+
 		global $CACHE_ROOT, $ROOMS_FILE, $KNOWN_SERVERS, $KNOWN_PUBKEYS;
 
 		// Create default directories with conservative permissions.
diff --git a/php/utils/servers-rooms.php b/php/utils/servers-rooms.php
index ec3c719..992f5bd 100644
--- a/php/utils/servers-rooms.php
+++ b/php/utils/servers-rooms.php
@@ -664,8 +664,10 @@
 		 * @return array|false Associative data about rooms if successful.
 		 */
 		private function fetch_room_list(): array|bool {
+			global $FAST_FETCH_MODE;
+
 			$base_url = $this->base_url;
-			list($rooms, $downgrade) = curl_get_contents_downgrade("$base_url/rooms?all=1");
+			list($rooms, $downgrade) = curl_get_contents_downgrade("$base_url/rooms?all=1", retries: $FAST_FETCH_MODE ? 2 : 4);
 			if (!$rooms) {
 				log_info("Failed fetching /rooms.");
 				return false;
@@ -726,6 +728,8 @@
 		 * @return bool True if successful, false otherwise.
 		 */
 		function fetch_rooms(): bool {
+			global $FAST_FETCH_MODE;
+
 			$this->log_details();
 			$base_url = $this->base_url;
 
@@ -733,7 +737,7 @@
 			if (count($this->room_hints) >= 2) {
 				log_info("Checking reachability for $base_url first...");
 				log_value($this->room_hints);
-				if (!url_is_reachable($base_url)) {
+				if (!url_is_reachable($base_url, retries: $FAST_FETCH_MODE ? 1 : 4)) {
 					log_warning("Reachability test failed by $base_url.");
 					return false;
 				}
@@ -757,6 +761,8 @@
 		 * @return bool True iff no key conflict has arised and we have a pubkey.
 		 */
 		function fetch_pubkey() {
+			global $FAST_FETCH_MODE;
+
 			if (empty($this->rooms)) {
 				log_warning("Server has no rooms to poll for public key");
 				return false;
@@ -764,10 +770,14 @@
 
 			$has_pubkey = $this->has_pubkey();
 
+			if ($has_pubkey && $FAST_FETCH_MODE) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
 			$preview_url = $this->rooms[0]->get_preview_url();
 
 			log_info("Fetching pubkey from $preview_url");
-			$room_view = curl_get_contents($preview_url, retries: $has_pubkey ? 1 : 5);
+			$room_view = curl_get_contents($preview_url, retries: $has_pubkey || $FAST_FETCH_MODE ? 1 : 5);
 
 			if (!$room_view) {
 				log_debug("Failed to fetch room preview from $preview_url.");