diff --git a/orchestra/proc-macro/src/graph.rs b/orchestra/proc-macro/src/graph.rs
index 9cad334..d58cbce 100644
--- a/orchestra/proc-macro/src/graph.rs
+++ b/orchestra/proc-macro/src/graph.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ impl<'a> ConnectionGraph<'a> {
 		dest: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
 	) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 		use self::graph_helpers::color_scheme;
-		use fs_err as fs;
 
 		let dot_content = format!(
 			r#"digraph {{
@@ -201,32 +200,10 @@ node [colorscheme={}]
 		let dest = dest.as_ref();
 		let dest = dest.to_path_buf();
 
-		let svg_content = {
-			let mut parser = dotlay::gv::DotParser::new(dot_content.as_str());
-			let graph = parser.process().map_err(|err_msg| {
-				anyhow::anyhow!(dbg!(err_msg)).context("Failed to parse dotfile")
-			})?;
-			let mut svg = dotlay::backends::svg::SVGWriter::new();
-			let mut builder = dotlay::gv::GraphBuilder::default();
-			builder.visit_graph(&graph);
-			let mut vg = builder.get();
-			vg.do_it(false, false, false, &mut svg);
-			svg.finalize()
-		};
+		write_to_disk(&dest, "dot", &dot_content)?;
 
-		fn write_to_disk(
-			dest: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
-			ext: &str,
-			content: impl AsRef<[u8]>,
-		) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-			let dest = dest.as_ref().with_extension(ext);
-			print!("Writing {} to {} ..", ext, dest.display());
-			fs::write(dest, content.as_ref())?;
-			println!(" OK");
-			Ok(())
-		}
+		let svg_content = convert_dot_to_svg(&dot_content)?;
 
-		write_to_disk(&dest, "dot", &dot_content)?;
 		write_to_disk(&dest, "svg", &svg_content)?;
 
 		Ok(())
@@ -388,6 +365,35 @@ node [colorscheme={}]
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "dotgraph")]
+fn convert_dot_to_svg(dot_content: impl AsRef<str>) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+	let mut parser = dotlay::gv::DotParser::new(dot_content.as_ref());
+	let graph = parser.process().map_err(|err_msg| {
+		parser.print_error();
+		anyhow::anyhow!(err_msg).context("Failed to parse dotfile content")
+	})?;
+	let mut svg = dotlay::backends::svg::SVGWriter::new();
+	let mut builder = dotlay::gv::GraphBuilder::default();
+	builder.visit_graph(&graph);
+	let mut vg = builder.get();
+	vg.do_it(true, false, false, &mut svg);
+	Ok(svg.finalize())
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "dotgraph")]
+fn write_to_disk(
+	dest: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
+	ext: &str,
+	content: impl AsRef<[u8]>,
+) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+	use fs_err as fs;
+	let dest = dest.as_ref().with_extension(ext);
+	print!("Writing {} to {} ..", ext, dest.display());
+	fs::write(dest, content.as_ref())?;
+	println!(" OK");
+	Ok(())
+}
+
 const GREEK_ALPHABET_SIZE: usize = 24;
 
 fn greek_alphabet() -> [char; GREEK_ALPHABET_SIZE] {
@@ -490,4 +496,14 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(sccs.len(), 2); // `f` and everything else
 		assert_eq!(sccs[0].len(), 5); // every node but `f`
 	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "dotgraph")]
+	#[ignore]
+	#[test]
+	fn dot_to_svg_works() {
+		use super::convert_dot_to_svg;
+
+		let s = include_str!("../tests/assets/sample.dot");
+		convert_dot_to_svg(s).unwrap();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/orchestra/proc-macro/tests/assets/sample.dot b/orchestra/proc-macro/tests/assets/sample.dot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7e4d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orchestra/proc-macro/tests/assets/sample.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+digraph {
+				fontname="Cantarell"
+				bgcolor="white"
+				label = "orchestra message flow between subsystems"
+node [colorscheme=rdylgn10]
+    0 [ label="AvailabilityStore"]
+    1 [ label="Provisioner"]
+    2 [ label="RuntimeApi"]
+    3 [ label="ChainApi"]
+    4 [ label="MlExecution"]
+    6 [ label="NetworkBridgeTx"]
+    7 [ color="/rdylgn10/1",fontcolor="/rdylgn10/1",xlabel=<<B><FONT COLOR="/rdylgn10/1">α</FONT></B>>,label="GossipSupport"]
+    1 -> 0 [ label="AvailabilityStoreMessage"]
+}