diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
index fd0beaa22f1cb92b18d04e8d99d38bcf5b8e6dd8..e3dd04889a2ce16a28307a0e4ea870907511c446 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
@@ -661,6 +661,12 @@ one with the entities that need to be updated and the other with entities to be
                 "use for example the Scanner to create this data."))
             crawled_data = self.crawled_data
 
+        if isinstance(path_for_authorized_run, list) and self.securityMode != SecurityMode.UPDATE:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Authorization of inserts and updates is currently implemented only "
+                "for single paths, not for lists of paths."
+            )
+
         to_be_inserted, to_be_updated = self._split_into_inserts_and_updates(
             SyncGraph(crawled_data, self.identifiableAdapter))
 
@@ -718,21 +724,11 @@ one with the entities that need to be updated and the other with entities to be
         update_cache = UpdateCache()
         pending_inserts = update_cache.get_inserts(self.run_id)
         if pending_inserts:
-            if isinstance(path_for_authorized_run, list):
-                raise NotImplementedError(
-                    "Authorization of inserts is currently implemented only for single paths, "
-                    "not for lists of paths."
-                )
             Crawler.inform_about_pending_changes(
                 pending_inserts, self.run_id, path_for_authorized_run)
 
         pending_updates = update_cache.get_updates(self.run_id)
         if pending_updates:
-            if isinstance(path_for_authorized_run, list):
-                raise NotImplementedError(
-                    "Authorization of updates is currently implemented only for single paths, "
-                    "not for lists of paths."
-                )
             Crawler.inform_about_pending_changes(
                 pending_updates, self.run_id, path_for_authorized_run)