diff --git a/bindings/ruby/README.md b/bindings/ruby/README.md
index 8492e4ed91b..d11856d06e5 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/README.md
+++ b/bindings/ruby/README.md
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ whisper = Whisper::Context.new("path/to/your/model.bin")
 Or, you can download model files:
 
 ```ruby
-model_uri = Whisper::Model::URI.new("http://example.net/uri/of/your/model.bin")
-whisper = Whisper::Context.new(model_uri)
+whisper = Whisper::Context.new("https://example.net/uri/of/your/model.bin")
+# Or
+whisper = Whisper::Context.new(URI("https://example.net/uri/of/your/model.bin"))
 ```
 
 See [models][] page for details.
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.cpp b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.cpp
index 88a4fd2c205..62ea04cbbd2 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.cpp
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static ID id_length;
 static ID id_next;
 static ID id_new;
 static ID id_to_path;
+static ID id_URI;
 static ID id_pre_converted_models;
 
 static bool is_log_callback_finalized = false;
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ static VALUE ruby_whisper_s_finalize_log_callback(VALUE self, VALUE id) {
 static VALUE ruby_whisper_s_log_set(VALUE self, VALUE log_callback, VALUE user_data) {
   VALUE old_callback = rb_iv_get(self, "log_callback");
   if (!NIL_P(old_callback)) {
-    rb_undefine_finalizer(old_callback);
+    rb_undefine_finalizer(self);
   }
 
   rb_iv_set(self, "log_callback", log_callback);
@@ -283,6 +284,17 @@ static VALUE ruby_whisper_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
   if (!NIL_P(pre_converted_model)) {
     whisper_model_file_path = pre_converted_model;
   }
+  if (TYPE(whisper_model_file_path) == T_STRING) {
+    const char * whisper_model_file_path_str = StringValueCStr(whisper_model_file_path);
+    if (strncmp("http://", whisper_model_file_path_str, 7) == 0 || strncmp("https://", whisper_model_file_path_str, 8) == 0) {
+      VALUE uri_class = rb_const_get(cModel, id_URI);
+      whisper_model_file_path = rb_class_new_instance(1, &whisper_model_file_path, uri_class);
+    }
+  }
+  if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(whisper_model_file_path, rb_path2class("URI::HTTP"))) {
+    VALUE uri_class = rb_const_get(cModel, id_URI);
+    whisper_model_file_path = rb_class_new_instance(1, &whisper_model_file_path, uri_class);
+  }
   if (rb_respond_to(whisper_model_file_path, id_to_path)) {
     whisper_model_file_path = rb_funcall(whisper_model_file_path, id_to_path, 0);
   }
@@ -1802,6 +1814,7 @@ void Init_whisper() {
   id_next = rb_intern("next");
   id_new = rb_intern("new");
   id_to_path = rb_intern("to_path");
+  id_URI = rb_intern("URI");
   id_pre_converted_models = rb_intern("pre_converted_models");
 
   mWhisper = rb_define_module("Whisper");
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/tests/test_model.rb b/bindings/ruby/tests/test_model.rb
index 1362fc469bf..df871e0e651 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/tests/test_model.rb
+++ b/bindings/ruby/tests/test_model.rb
@@ -68,4 +68,42 @@ def test_auto_download
     assert_path_exist path
     assert_equal 147964211, File.size(path)
   end
+
+  def test_uri_string
+    path = "https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/ggml-base.en.bin"
+    whisper = Whisper::Context.new(path)
+    model = whisper.model
+
+    assert_equal 51864, model.n_vocab
+    assert_equal 1500, model.n_audio_ctx
+    assert_equal 512, model.n_audio_state
+    assert_equal 8, model.n_audio_head
+    assert_equal 6, model.n_audio_layer
+    assert_equal 448, model.n_text_ctx
+    assert_equal 512, model.n_text_state
+    assert_equal 8, model.n_text_head
+    assert_equal 6, model.n_text_layer
+    assert_equal 80, model.n_mels
+    assert_equal 1, model.ftype
+    assert_equal "base", model.type
+  end
+
+  def test_uri
+    path = URI("https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/ggml-base.en.bin")
+    whisper = Whisper::Context.new(path)
+    model = whisper.model
+
+    assert_equal 51864, model.n_vocab
+    assert_equal 1500, model.n_audio_ctx
+    assert_equal 512, model.n_audio_state
+    assert_equal 8, model.n_audio_head
+    assert_equal 6, model.n_audio_layer
+    assert_equal 448, model.n_text_ctx
+    assert_equal 512, model.n_text_state
+    assert_equal 8, model.n_text_head
+    assert_equal 6, model.n_text_layer
+    assert_equal 80, model.n_mels
+    assert_equal 1, model.ftype
+    assert_equal "base", model.type
+  end
 end