diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/build/lib/firecrawl/firecrawl.py b/apps/python-sdk/build/lib/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
index 701810c..98cb8ed 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/build/lib/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/build/lib/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import requests
 import time
 
 class FirecrawlApp:
-    def __init__(self, api_key=None):
+    def __init__(self, api_key=None, api_url='https://api.firecrawl.dev'):
         self.api_key = api_key or os.getenv('FIRECRAWL_API_KEY')
         if self.api_key is None:
             raise ValueError('No API key provided')
+        self.api_url = api_url or os.getenv('FIRECRAWL_API_URL')
     
     
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
                     scrape_params[key] = value
         # Make the POST request with the prepared headers and JSON data
         response = requests.post(
-            'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/scrape',
+            f'{self.api_url}/v0/scrape',
             headers=headers,
             json=scrape_params
         )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
                 return response['data']
             else:
                 raise Exception(f'Failed to scrape URL. Error: {response["error"]}')
-        elif response.status_code in [402, 409, 500]:
+        elif response.status_code in [402, 408, 409, 500]:
             error_message = response.json().get('error', 'Unknown error occurred')
             raise Exception(f'Failed to scrape URL. Status code: {response.status_code}. Error: {error_message}')
         else:
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
         if params:
             json_data.update(params)
         response = requests.post(
-            'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/search',
+            f'{self.api_url}/v0/search',
             headers=headers,
             json=json_data
         )
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
         json_data = {'url': url}
         if params:
             json_data.update(params)
-        response = self._post_request('https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/crawl', json_data, headers)
+        response = self._post_request(f'{self.api_url}/v0/crawl', json_data, headers)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             job_id = response.json().get('jobId')
             if wait_until_done:
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
 
     def check_crawl_status(self, job_id):
         headers = self._prepare_headers()
-        response = self._get_request(f'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/crawl/status/{job_id}', headers)
+        response = self._get_request(f'{self.api_url}/v0/crawl/status/{job_id}', headers)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             return response.json()
         else:
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
     def _monitor_job_status(self, job_id, headers, timeout):
         import time
         while True:
-            status_response = self._get_request(f'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/crawl/status/{job_id}', headers)
+            status_response = self._get_request(f'{self.api_url}/v0/crawl/status/{job_id}', headers)
             if status_response.status_code == 200:
                 status_data = status_response.json()
                 if status_data['status'] == 'completed':
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
                 self._handle_error(status_response, 'check crawl status')
 
     def _handle_error(self, response, action):
-        if response.status_code in [402, 409, 500]:
+        if response.status_code in [402, 408, 409, 500]:
             error_message = response.json().get('error', 'Unknown error occurred')
             raise Exception(f'Failed to {action}. Status code: {response.status_code}. Error: {error_message}')
         else:
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diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl_py.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl_py.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index e54fda5..c1ee531 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl_py.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl_py.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: firecrawl-py
-Version: 0.0.8
+Version: 0.0.9
 Summary: Python SDK for Firecrawl API
 Home-page: https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl
 Author: Mendable.ai
diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/setup.py b/apps/python-sdk/setup.py
index 78a4d84..7df520e 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/setup.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='firecrawl-py',
-    version='0.0.8',
+    version='0.0.9',
     url='https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl',
     author='Mendable.ai',
     author_email='nick@mendable.ai',