diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7884176..c4644d4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -26,17 +26,56 @@ const server = Bun.serve({
 					{ status: 400 },
 				);
 
-			const items = await fetchKijijiItems(SEARCH_QUERY, 1, undefined, {}, {
-				includeImages: true,
-				sellerDataDepth: 'detailed',
-				includeClientSideData: false,
-			});
-			if (!items || items.length === 0)
+			// Parse optional parameters with enhanced defaults
+			const location = reqUrl.searchParams.get("location");
+			const category = reqUrl.searchParams.get("category");
+			const maxPagesParam = reqUrl.searchParams.get("maxPages");
+			const maxPages = maxPagesParam
+				? Number.parseInt(maxPagesParam, 10)
+				: 5; // Default: 5 pages
+			const sortBy = reqUrl.searchParams.get("sortBy") as 'relevancy' | 'date' | 'price' | 'distance' | undefined;
+			const sortOrder = reqUrl.searchParams.get("sortOrder") as 'asc' | 'desc' | undefined;
+
+			// Build search options
+			const locationValue = location ? (/^\d+$/.test(location) ? Number(location) : location) : 1700272;
+			const categoryValue = category ? (/^\d+$/.test(category) ? Number(category) : category) : 0;
+
+			const searchOptions: import("@/kijiji").SearchOptions = {
+				location: locationValue,
+				category: categoryValue,
+				keywords: SEARCH_QUERY,
+				sortBy: sortBy || 'relevancy',
+				sortOrder: sortOrder || 'desc',
+				maxPages,
+			};
+
+			// Build listing fetch options with enhanced defaults
+			const listingOptions: import("@/kijiji").ListingFetchOptions = {
+				includeImages: true, // Always include full image arrays
+				sellerDataDepth: 'detailed', // Default: detailed seller info
+				includeClientSideData: false, // GraphQL reviews disabled by default
+			};
+
+			try {
+				const items = await fetchKijijiItems(SEARCH_QUERY, 1, undefined, searchOptions, listingOptions);
+				if (!items || items.length === 0)
+					return Response.json(
+						{ message: "Search didn't return any results!" },
+						{ status: 404 },
+					);
+				return Response.json(items, { status: 200 });
+			} catch (error) {
+				console.error("Kijiji scraping error:", error);
+				const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Unknown error occurred";
 				return Response.json(
-					{ message: "Search didn't return any results!" },
-					{ status: 404 },
+					{
+						message: `Scraping failed: ${errorMessage}`,
+						query: SEARCH_QUERY,
+						options: { searchOptions, listingOptions }
+					},
+					{ status: 500 },
 				);
-			return Response.json(items, { status: 200 });
+			}
 		},
 
 		"/api/facebook": async (req: Request) => {