diff --git a/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
index d42c2d9312..c72e739e39 100644
--- a/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ std = []
 snapshot_restore = []
 snapshot_fast = [ "snapshot_restore" ]
 singlecore = []
+restarting = ['singlecore']
 trace_abbs = []
 systemstate = []
 feed_systemgraph = [ "systemstate" ]
@@ -30,4 +31,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] } # se
 hashbrown =  { version = "0.12", features = ["serde", "ahash-compile-time-rng"] } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
 petgraph = { version="0.6.0", features = ["serde-1"] }
 ron = "0.7" # write serialized data - including hashmaps
-rand = "0.5"
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+rand = "0.5"
diff --git a/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs b/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
index c3da007b39..637ddfb6f4 100644
--- a/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
@@ -508,24 +508,30 @@ pub fn fuzz() {
     #[cfg(feature = "singlecore")]
     {
         let monitor = SimpleMonitor::new(|s| println!("{}", s));
-        // let mgr = SimpleEventManager::new(monitor);
-        // run_client(None, mgr, 0);
-
-        let mut shmem_provider = StdShMemProvider::new().unwrap();
-        let (state, mut mgr) = match SimpleRestartingEventManager::launch(monitor, &mut shmem_provider)
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "restarting"))]
         {
-            // The restarting state will spawn the same process again as child, then restarted it each time it crashes.
-            Ok(res) => res,
-            Err(err) => match err {
-                Error::ShuttingDown => {
-                    return;
-                }
-                _ => {
-                    panic!("Failed to setup the restarter: {}", err);
-                }
-            },
-        };
-        run_client(state, mgr, 0);
+            let mgr = SimpleEventManager::new(monitor);
+            run_client(None, mgr, 0);
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "restarting")]
+        {
+            let mut shmem_provider = StdShMemProvider::new().unwrap();
+            let (state, mut mgr) = match SimpleRestartingEventManager::launch(monitor, &mut shmem_provider)
+            {
+                // The restarting state will spawn the same process again as child, then restarted it each time it crashes.
+                Ok(res) => res,
+                Err(err) => match err {
+                    Error::ShuttingDown => {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        panic!("Failed to setup the restarter: {}", err);
+                    }
+                },
+            };
+            run_client(state, mgr, 0);
+        }
     }
     // else -> multicore
     #[cfg(not(feature = "singlecore"))]
@@ -553,4 +559,4 @@ pub fn fuzz() {
             Err(err) => panic!("Failed to run launcher: {:?}", err),
         }
     }
-}
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+}