diff --git a/apps/api/requests.http b/apps/api/requests.http
index 55d315d1b..5f55c4975 100644
--- a/apps/api/requests.http
+++ b/apps/api/requests.http
@@ -126,3 +126,8 @@ content-type: application/json
   "query": "firecrawl",
   "limit": 50
 }
+
+### Get Active Crawls
+# @name activeCrawls
+GET {{baseUrl}}/v1/crawl/active HTTP/1.1
+Authorization: Bearer {{$dotenv TEST_API_KEY}}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/crawl.test.ts b/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/crawl.test.ts
index 584c8b14c..907018350 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/crawl.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/crawl.test.ts
@@ -60,14 +60,32 @@ describe("Crawl tests", () => {
     }, 3 * scrapeTimeout + 3 * 5000);
 
     it.concurrent("ongoing crawls endpoint works", async () => {
+        const beforeCrawl = new Date();
+        
         const res = await asyncCrawl({
             url: "https://firecrawl.dev",
             limit: 3,
         }, identity);
 
         const ongoing = await crawlOngoing(identity);
-
-        expect(ongoing.crawls.find(x => x.id === res.id)).toBeDefined();
+        const afterCrawl = new Date();
+        
+        const crawlItem = ongoing.crawls.find(x => x.id === res.id);
+        expect(crawlItem).toBeDefined();
+        
+        if (crawlItem) {
+            expect(crawlItem.created_at).toBeDefined();
+            expect(typeof crawlItem.created_at).toBe("string");
+            
+            const createdAtDate = new Date(crawlItem.created_at);
+            expect(createdAtDate).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
+            expect(createdAtDate.getTime()).not.toBeNaN();
+            
+            expect(crawlItem.created_at).toMatch(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}Z$/);
+            
+            expect(createdAtDate.getTime()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(beforeCrawl.getTime() - 1000);
+            expect(createdAtDate.getTime()).toBeLessThanOrEqual(afterCrawl.getTime() + 1000);
+        }
 
         await asyncCrawlWaitForFinish(res.id, identity);
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-ongoing.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-ongoing.ts
index 7839d5fc1..a9dc52134 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-ongoing.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-ongoing.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export async function ongoingCrawlsController(
       id: x.id,
       teamId: x.team_id!,
       url: x.originUrl!,
+      created_at: new Date(x.createdAt || Date.now()).toISOString(),
       options: {
         ...toNewCrawlerOptions(x.crawlerOptions),
         scrapeOptions: x.scrapeOptions,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 2c7989270..7064ce9e1 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ export type OngoingCrawlsResponse =
       id: string;
       teamId: string;
       url: string;
+      created_at: string;
       options: CrawlerOptions;
     }[];
   };