diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/meta/AnalysisType.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/meta/AnalysisType.java
index 27ebadc644b5..34f3e03cfcd9 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/meta/AnalysisType.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/meta/AnalysisType.java
@@ -563,13 +563,12 @@ public void registerAsAssignable(BigBang bb) {
 
     public boolean registerAsReachable(Object reason) {
         assert isValidReason(reason) : "Registering a type as reachable needs to provide a valid reason.";
-        CausalityExport.Event thisReachable = new CausalityExport.TypeReachable(this);
-        CausalityExport.get().registerEvent(thisReachable);
+        CausalityExport.get().registerEvent(new CausalityExport.TypeReachable(this));
         if (!AtomicUtils.isSet(this, isReachableUpdater)) {
             /* Mark this type and all its super types as reachable. */
             forAllSuperTypes(type -> {
                 if(type != this) {
-                    CausalityExport.get().registerEdge(thisReachable, new CausalityExport.TypeReachable(type));
+                    CausalityExport.get().registerEdge(new CausalityExport.TypeReachable(this), new CausalityExport.TypeReachable(type));
                 }
                 AtomicUtils.atomicSetAndRun(type, reason, isReachableUpdater, type::onReachable);
             });
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/reports/CausalityExport.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/reports/CausalityExport.java
index 49d898657a02..58ff7c9cdd53 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/reports/CausalityExport.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/reports/CausalityExport.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.BigBang;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanner;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.PointsToAnalysis;
-import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.constraints.UnsupportedFeatureException;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.flow.AbstractVirtualInvokeTypeFlow;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.flow.TypeFlow;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisElement;
@@ -15,11 +14,11 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.reports.causality.Graph;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.reports.causality.TypeflowImpl;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.typestate.TypeState;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.util.AnalysisError;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaField;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaMethod;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaType;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaUtil;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Signature;
 
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -41,30 +39,46 @@ public class CausalityExport {
     protected CausalityExport() {
     }
 
-    private static final CausalityExport dummyInstance = new CausalityExport();
-    private static ThreadLocal<Impl> instances;
-    private static List<Impl> instancesOfAllThreads;
-    private static boolean collectTypeflowInformation;
-
-    // Starts collection of Causality Data
-    public static synchronized void activate(boolean collectTypeflowInformation) {
-        CausalityExport.collectTypeflowInformation = collectTypeflowInformation;
-        instances = ThreadLocal.withInitial(CausalityExport::createInstance);
-        instancesOfAllThreads = new ArrayList<>();
+    public enum Level {
+        DISABLED,
+        ENABLED_WITHOUT_TYPEFLOW,
+        ENABLED;
     }
 
+    private static Level requestedLevel = Level.DISABLED;
+
+    public static final class InitializationOnDemandHolder {
+        private static final Level frozenLevel = CausalityExport.requestedLevel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Must be called before any usage of {@link #get()}
+     */
+    public static void activate(Level level) {
+        requestedLevel = level;
+        if (level != InitializationOnDemandHolder.frozenLevel) {
+            throw AnalysisError.shouldNotReachHere("Causality Export must have been activated before the first usage of CausalityExport.get()");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final CausalityExport dummyInstance = new CausalityExport();
+    private static ThreadLocal<Impl> instances = ThreadLocal.withInitial(CausalityExport::createInstance);
+    private static List<Impl> instancesOfAllThreads = new ArrayList<>();
+
     private static synchronized Impl createInstance() {
-        Impl instance = collectTypeflowInformation ? new TypeflowImpl() : new Impl();
+        Impl instance = InitializationOnDemandHolder.frozenLevel == Level.ENABLED ? new TypeflowImpl() : new Impl();
         instancesOfAllThreads.add(instance);
         return instance;
     }
 
     public static CausalityExport get() {
-        return instances != null ? instances.get() : dummyInstance;
+        if (InitializationOnDemandHolder.frozenLevel == Level.DISABLED || instances == null)
+            return dummyInstance;
+        return instances.get();
     }
 
     public static synchronized void dump(PointsToAnalysis bb, ZipOutputStream zip, boolean exportTypeflowNames) throws java.io.IOException {
-        Impl data = collectTypeflowInformation ? new TypeflowImpl((Iterable<TypeflowImpl>)(Iterable<? extends Impl>) instancesOfAllThreads, bb) : new Impl(instancesOfAllThreads, bb);
+        Impl data = InitializationOnDemandHolder.frozenLevel == Level.ENABLED ? new TypeflowImpl((Iterable<TypeflowImpl>)(Iterable<? extends Impl>) instancesOfAllThreads, bb) : new Impl(instancesOfAllThreads, bb);
         // Let GC collect intermediate data structures
         instances = null;
         instancesOfAllThreads = null;
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
index 904720f66f1a..13108adf1d37 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public static void updateMaxJavaStackTraceDepth(EconomicMap<OptionKey<?>, Object
     public static final String REACHABILITY_FILE_NAME = "reachability.json";
     @Option(help = "Create a " + REACHABILITY_FILE_NAME + " file in the build directory. The output conforms to the JSON schema located at: " +
                     "docs/reference-manual/native-image/assets/reachability-schema-v0.9.0.json", type = OptionType.User)//
-    public static final HostedOptionKey<Boolean> GenerateReachabilityFile = new HostedOptionKey<>(true);
+    public static final HostedOptionKey<Boolean> GenerateReachabilityFile = new HostedOptionKey<>(false);
 
     /*
      * Build output options.
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/NativeImageGenerator.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/NativeImageGenerator.java
index 8b429a59eb3d..4a487b0571c9 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/NativeImageGenerator.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/NativeImageGenerator.java
@@ -874,7 +874,10 @@ protected void setupNativeImage(OptionValues options, Map<Method, CEntryPointDat
                 if(AnalysisReportsOptions.PrintCausalityGraph.getValue(options)) {
                     // This cannot be done in the "CausalityExporter"-Feature since Feature-registration should already
                     // be logged by CausalityExport...
-                    CausalityExport.activate(AnalysisReportsOptions.CausalityGraphWithTypeflow.getValue(options));
+                    CausalityExport.activate(AnalysisReportsOptions.CausalityGraphWithTypeflow.getValue(options)
+                            ? CausalityExport.Level.ENABLED
+                            : CausalityExport.Level.ENABLED_WITHOUT_TYPEFLOW
+                    );
                 }
 
                 ClassLoaderSupportImpl classLoaderSupport = new ClassLoaderSupportImpl(loader.classLoaderSupport);
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ReachabilityExporter.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ReachabilityExporter.java
index d1144b89ece7..4dcec1d292a4 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ReachabilityExporter.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ReachabilityExporter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisType;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisUniverse;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.reports.AnalysisReportsOptions;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.reports.CausalityExport;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.ClassLoaderSupport;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.JavaMainWrapper;
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ private Type getType(AnalysisType type, Map<Class<?>, InitKind> classInitKinds,
 
     @Override
     public boolean isInConfiguration(IsInConfigurationAccess access) {
-        return SubstrateOptions.GenerateReachabilityFile.getValue();
+        return SubstrateOptions.GenerateReachabilityFile.getValue() || AnalysisReportsOptions.PrintCausalityGraph.getValue(HostedOptionValues.singleton());
     }
 
     @Override