diff --git a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/global.d.ts b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf9177ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export {};
+
+declare global {
+  const __WEBSOCKET_LOADER__: string;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
index cd405c5ec..048d7d19d 100644
--- a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import axios, { type AxiosResponse, type AxiosRequestHeaders, AxiosError } from "axios";
 import type * as zt from "zod";
 import { zodToJsonSchema } from "zod-to-json-schema";
+import { WebSocket as IsowsWebSocket } from 'isows';
 import { TypedEventTarget } from "typescript-event-target";
 
+
+const loaderCode = __WEBSOCKET_LOADER__;
+const WebSocket = new Function('return ' + loaderCode)()() as typeof IsowsWebSocket;
+
 /**
  * Configuration interface for FirecrawlApp.
  * @param apiKey - Optional API key for authentication.
@@ -941,39 +946,21 @@ interface CrawlWatcherEvents {
 }
 
 export class CrawlWatcher extends TypedEventTarget<CrawlWatcherEvents> {
-  private ws!: WebSocket;
-  private initialized: Promise<void>;
+  private ws: WebSocket;
   public data: FirecrawlDocument<undefined>[];
   public status: CrawlStatusResponse["status"];
   public id: string;
 
-  private static async loadWebSocket() {
-    try {
-      if (typeof require !== 'undefined') {
-        return require('isows').WebSocket;
-      } else {
-        const module = await import('isows');
-        return module.WebSocket;
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      throw new FirecrawlError('Failed to load WebSocket implementation', 500);
-    }
-  }
-
   constructor(id: string, app: FirecrawlApp) {
     super();
     this.id = id;
+    if (!WebSocket) {
+      throw new FirecrawlError("WebSocket module failed to load. Your system might not support WebSocket.", 500);
+    }
+    this.ws = new WebSocket(`${app.apiUrl}/v1/crawl/${id}`, app.apiKey);
     this.status = "scraping";
     this.data = [];
 
-    this.initialized = CrawlWatcher.loadWebSocket()
-      .then((WebSocket) => {
-        this.ws = new WebSocket(`${app.apiUrl}/v1/crawl/${id}`, app.apiKey);
-        this.initializeWebSocket();
-      });
-  }
-
-  private initializeWebSocket() {
     type ErrorMessage = {
       type: "error",
       error: string,
@@ -1070,8 +1057,6 @@ export class CrawlWatcher extends TypedEventTarget<CrawlWatcherEvents> {
   }
 
   close() {
-    this.initialized.then(() => {
-      this.ws.close();
-    });
+    this.ws.close();
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/tsup.config.ts b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/tsup.config.ts
index b3b7e42d5..d2daa7761 100644
--- a/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/apps/js-sdk/firecrawl/tsup.config.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
   dts: true,
   outDir: "dist",
   clean: true,
+  esbuildOptions(options, context) {
+    options.define = {
+      __WEBSOCKET_LOADER__: context.format === 'cjs' 
+        ? `"const { WebSocket } = require('isows'); export default WebSocket;"`
+        : `"import { WebSocket } from 'isows'; export default WebSocket;"`,
+    };
+  },
 });
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