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 f75685a49..07fef7730 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
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ 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):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -31,29 +34,28 @@ class FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool(BaseTool):
                 "`firecrawl` package not found, please run `pip install firecrawl-py`"
             )
 
-        client_api_key = api_key or os.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY")
-        if not client_api_key:
-            raise ValueError("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is not set")
+        # 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)
 
-        self.firecrawl = 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,
-    ):
+    def _run(self, url: str):
         # Unless url has been previously set via constructor by the user,
-        # use the url argument provided by the agent
+        # use the url argument provided by the agent at runtime.
         base_url = self.url or url
 
-        if crawler_options is None:
-            crawler_options = {}
-        if page_options is None:
-            page_options = {}
-
-        options = {"crawlerOptions": crawler_options, "pageOptions": page_options}
-        return self.firecrawl.crawl_url(base_url, options)
+        return self.firecrawl_app.crawl_url(
+            base_url, 
+            params=self.params, 
+            poll_interval=self.poll_interval, 
+            idempotency_key=self.idempotency_key
+        )
 
 
 try: