diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/mem0_storage.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/mem0_storage.py
index 73820ab11..1c2fd1eba 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/mem0_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/mem0_storage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Iterable
+import json
 import os
 import re
 from typing import Any
@@ -24,11 +25,33 @@ class Mem0Storage(Storage):
         self._validate_type(type)
         self.memory_type = type
         self.crew = crew
-        self.config = config or {}
+        self.config = self._parse_config(config)
 
         self._extract_config_values()
         self._initialize_memory()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_config(config: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        if config is None:
+            return {}
+        if isinstance(config, dict):
+            return config
+        if isinstance(config, str):
+            try:
+                parsed = json.loads(config)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"config string is not valid JSON: {e}"
+                ) from e
+            if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"config must be a dict, got {type(parsed).__name__} after parsing JSON string"
+                )
+            return parsed
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"config must be a dict or a JSON string, got {type(config).__name__}"
+        )
+
     def _validate_type(self, type):
         supported_types = {"short_term", "long_term", "entities", "external"}
         if type not in supported_types:
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/storage/test_mem0_storage.py b/lib/crewai/tests/storage/test_mem0_storage.py
index f219f0b45..d35e28716 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/storage/test_mem0_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/storage/test_mem0_storage.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -502,3 +503,51 @@ def test_search_method_with_agent_id_and_user_id():
 
         assert len(results) == 2
         assert results[0]["content"] == "Result 1"
+
+
+def test_mem0_storage_config_as_json_string():
+    config_dict = {"agent_id": "agent-123", "user_id": "user-123"}
+    config_str = json.dumps(config_dict)
+
+    mock_memory = MagicMock(spec=Memory)
+    with patch.object(Memory, "__new__", return_value=mock_memory):
+        storage = Mem0Storage(type="external", config=config_str)
+
+    assert storage.config == config_dict
+
+
+def test_mem0_storage_config_as_json_string_with_all_fields():
+    config_dict = {
+        "agent_id": "agent-123",
+        "user_id": "user-123",
+        "run_id": "run-456",
+        "includes": "inc1",
+        "excludes": "exc1",
+        "infer": False,
+    }
+    config_str = json.dumps(config_dict)
+
+    mock_memory = MagicMock(spec=Memory)
+    with patch.object(Memory, "__new__", return_value=mock_memory):
+        storage = Mem0Storage(type="external", config=config_str)
+
+    assert storage.config == config_dict
+    assert storage.mem0_run_id == "run-456"
+    assert storage.includes == "inc1"
+    assert storage.excludes == "exc1"
+    assert storage.infer is False
+
+
+def test_mem0_storage_config_invalid_json_string_raises_type_error():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="config string is not valid JSON"):
+        Mem0Storage(type="external", config="not-valid-json{")
+
+
+def test_mem0_storage_config_json_string_non_dict_raises_type_error():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="config must be a dict"):
+        Mem0Storage(type="external", config='["a", "b"]')
+
+
+def test_mem0_storage_config_invalid_type_raises_type_error():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="config must be a dict or a JSON string"):
+        Mem0Storage(type="external", config=12345)