diff --git a/src/crewai_tools/tools/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool.py b/src/crewai_tools/tools/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool.py
index c23ff2100..edada38dd 100644
--- a/src/crewai_tools/tools/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool.py
+++ b/src/crewai_tools/tools/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool/firecrawl_crawl_website_tool.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional, Type
 
-from crewai.tools import BaseTool
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 
+from crewai.tools import BaseTool
+
 # Type checking import
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from firecrawl import FirecrawlApp
@@ -10,13 +12,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 class FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteToolSchema(BaseModel):
     url: str = Field(description="Website URL")
-    crawler_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(
-        default=None, description="Options for crawling"
-    )
-    page_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(
-        default=None, description="Options for page"
-    )
-
 
 class FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool(BaseTool):
     model_config = ConfigDict(
@@ -25,10 +20,25 @@ class FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool(BaseTool):
     name: str = "Firecrawl web crawl tool"
     description: str = "Crawl webpages using Firecrawl and return the contents"
     args_schema: Type[BaseModel] = FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteToolSchema
+    firecrawl_app: Optional["FirecrawlApp"] = None
     api_key: Optional[str] = None
-    firecrawl: Optional["FirecrawlApp"] = None
+    url: Optional[str] = None
+    params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    poll_interval: Optional[int] = 2
+    idempotency_key: Optional[str] = None
 
     def __init__(self, api_key: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool.
+
+        Args:
+            api_key (Optional[str]): Firecrawl API key. If not provided, will check FIRECRAWL_API_KEY env var.
+            url (Optional[str]): Base URL to crawl. Can be overridden by the _run method.
+            firecrawl_app (Optional[FirecrawlApp]): Previously created FirecrawlApp instance.
+            params (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]): Additional parameters to pass to the FirecrawlApp.
+            poll_interval (Optional[int]): Poll interval for the FirecrawlApp.
+            idempotency_key (Optional[str]): Idempotency key for the FirecrawlApp.
+            **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to BaseTool.
+        """
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         try:
             from firecrawl import FirecrawlApp  # type: ignore
@@ -37,21 +47,28 @@ class FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool(BaseTool):
                 "`firecrawl` package not found, please run `pip install firecrawl-py`"
             )
 
-        self.firecrawl = FirecrawlApp(api_key=api_key)
+        # Allows passing a previously created FirecrawlApp instance
+        # or builds a new one with the provided API key
+        if not self.firecrawl_app:
+            client_api_key = api_key or os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY")    
+            if not client_api_key:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is not set. Please provide it either via the constructor "
+                    "with the `api_key` argument or by setting the FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable."
+                )
+            self.firecrawl_app = FirecrawlApp(api_key=client_api_key)
 
-    def _run(
-        self,
-        url: str,
-        crawler_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        page_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ):
-        if crawler_options is None:
-            crawler_options = {}
-        if page_options is None:
-            page_options = {}
+    def _run(self, url: str):
+        # Unless url has been previously set via constructor by the user,
+        # use the url argument provided by the agent at runtime.
+        base_url = self.url or url
 
-        options = {"crawlerOptions": crawler_options, "pageOptions": page_options}
-        return self.firecrawl.crawl_url(url, options)
+        return self.firecrawl_app.crawl_url(
+            base_url, 
+            params=self.params, 
+            poll_interval=self.poll_interval, 
+            idempotency_key=self.idempotency_key
+        )
 
 
 try: