diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e6ae228..3c5fa94 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func main() {
 			Value: false,
 			Usage: "If using an Amino DHT client should the libp2p host be shared with the data downloading host",
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "dht-fallback-type",
+			Value: "combined",
+			Usage: "the type of Amino client to be used as a fallback (standard, accelerated, combined)",
+		},
 	}
 
 	app.Name = "rainbow"
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index f4c30ad..05b86a0 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/namesys"
 	routingv1client "github.com/ipfs/boxo/routing/http/client"
 	httpcontentrouter "github.com/ipfs/boxo/routing/http/contentrouter"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
 	flatfs "github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs"
 	levelds "github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/host"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/metrics"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/routing"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/connmgr"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ type Node struct {
 	bwc *metrics.BandwidthCounter
 }
 
+type DHTType int
+
+const (
+	Combined DHTType = iota
+	Standard
+	Accelerated
+)
+
 type Config struct {
 	ListenAddrs   []string
 	AnnounceAddrs []string
@@ -76,6 +86,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RoutingV1     string
 	KuboRPCURLs   []string
 	DHTSharedHost bool
+	DHTType       DHTType
 }
 
 func Setup(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Node, error) {
@@ -165,18 +176,49 @@ func Setup(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Node, error) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			fullRTClient, err := fullrt.NewFullRT(dhtHost, dht.DefaultPrefix,
-				fullrt.DHTOption(
-					dht.Validator(record.NamespacedValidator{
-						"pk":   record.PublicKeyValidator{},
-						"ipns": ipns.Validator{KeyBook: h.Peerstore()},
-					}),
+			var standardClient *dht.IpfsDHT
+			var fullRTClient *fullrt.FullRT
+
+			if cfg.DHTType == Combined || cfg.DHTType == Standard {
+				standardClient, err = dht.New(ctx, dhtHost,
 					dht.Datastore(memDS),
 					dht.BootstrapPeers(dht.GetDefaultBootstrapPeerAddrInfos()...),
-					dht.BucketSize(20),
-				))
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+					dht.Mode(dht.ModeClient),
+				)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+			}
+
+			if cfg.DHTType == Combined || cfg.DHTType == Accelerated {
+				fullRTClient, err = fullrt.NewFullRT(dhtHost, dht.DefaultPrefix,
+					fullrt.DHTOption(
+						dht.Validator(record.NamespacedValidator{
+							"pk":   record.PublicKeyValidator{},
+							"ipns": ipns.Validator{KeyBook: h.Peerstore()},
+						}),
+						dht.Datastore(memDS),
+						dht.BootstrapPeers(dht.GetDefaultBootstrapPeerAddrInfos()...),
+						dht.BucketSize(20),
+					))
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+			}
+
+			var dhtRouter routing.Routing
+			switch cfg.DHTType {
+			case Combined:
+				dhtRouter = &bundledDHT{
+					standard: standardClient,
+					fullRT:   fullRTClient,
+				}
+			case Standard:
+				dhtRouter = standardClient
+			case Accelerated:
+				dhtRouter = fullRTClient
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported DHT type")
 			}
 
 			// we want to also use the default HTTP routers, so wrap the FullRT client
@@ -187,7 +229,7 @@ func Setup(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Node, error) {
 			}
 			routers := []*routinghelpers.ParallelRouter{
 				{
-					Router:                  fullRTClient,
+					Router:                  dhtRouter,
 					ExecuteAfter:            0,
 					DoNotWaitForSearchValue: true,
 					IgnoreError:             false,
@@ -242,6 +284,48 @@ func Setup(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Node, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+type bundledDHT struct {
+	standard *dht.IpfsDHT
+	fullRT   *fullrt.FullRT
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) getDHT() routing.Routing {
+	if b.fullRT.Ready() {
+		return b.fullRT
+	}
+	return b.standard
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) Provide(ctx context.Context, c cid.Cid, brdcst bool) error {
+	return b.getDHT().Provide(ctx, c, brdcst)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) FindProvidersAsync(ctx context.Context, c cid.Cid, i int) <-chan peer.AddrInfo {
+	return b.getDHT().FindProvidersAsync(ctx, c, i)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) FindPeer(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) (peer.AddrInfo, error) {
+	return b.getDHT().FindPeer(ctx, id)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) PutValue(ctx context.Context, k string, v []byte, option ...routing.Option) error {
+	return b.getDHT().PutValue(ctx, k, v, option...)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) GetValue(ctx context.Context, s string, option ...routing.Option) ([]byte, error) {
+	return b.getDHT().GetValue(ctx, s, option...)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) SearchValue(ctx context.Context, s string, option ...routing.Option) (<-chan []byte, error) {
+	return b.getDHT().SearchValue(ctx, s, option...)
+}
+
+func (b *bundledDHT) Bootstrap(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return b.standard.Bootstrap(ctx)
+}
+
+var _ routing.Routing = (*bundledDHT)(nil)
+
 func delegatedHTTPContentRouter(endpoint string, rv1Opts ...routingv1client.Option) (routing.Routing, error) {
 	// Increase per-host connection pool since we are making lots of concurrent requests.
 	transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()