diff --git a/lib/audit.js b/lib/audit.js
index 12b0559..0ea2853 100644
--- a/lib/audit.js
+++ b/lib/audit.js
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
+const auditCore = require('hypercore-audit')
+
 module.exports = async function * audit (store, { dryRun = false } = {}) {
   for await (const { discoveryKey } of store.storage.createCoreStream()) {
-    const core = store.get({ discoveryKey, active: false })
-    await core.ready()
+    const storage = await store.storage.resume(discoveryKey)
+
+    const rx = storage.read()
+    const authPromise = rx.getAuth()
+    rx.tryFlush()
 
-    yield { discoveryKey, key: core.key, audit: await core.core.audit({ dryRun }) }
+    const auth = await authPromise
 
-    try {
-      await core.close()
-    } catch {
-      // ignore if failed, we are auditing...
+    yield {
+      discoveryKey,
+      key: auth ? auth.key : null,
+      audit: await auditCore(storage, { dryRun })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94622f6..2f14363 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "b4a": "^1.6.7",
     "hypercore": "^11.0.0",
+    "hypercore-audit": "^1.0.0",
     "hypercore-crypto": "^3.4.2",
     "hypercore-errors": "^1.4.0",
     "hypercore-id-encoding": "^1.3.0",