diff --git a/src/ai.ts b/src/ai.ts
index 4483632..c1ef133 100644
--- a/src/ai.ts
+++ b/src/ai.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type AiOptions = LLMOptions & {
 export type WhisperModel = 'tiny' | 'base' | 'small' | 'medium' | 'large';
 
 export class Ai {
-	private downloads: {[key: string]: Promise<void>} = {};
+	private downloads: {[key: string]: Promise<string>} = {};
 	private whisperModel!: string;
 
 	/** Large Language Models */
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ export class Ai {
 	 */
 	async asr(path: string, model?: WhisperModel): Promise<string | null> {
 		if(!this.options.whisper?.binary) throw new Error('Whisper not configured');
-		if(!model) model = this.options.whisper.model;
-		await this.downloadAsrModel();
+		await this.downloadAsrModel(model);
 		const name = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 10) + '-' + path.split('/').pop() + '.txt';
 		const output = Path.join(this.options.whisper.temp || '/tmp', name);
-		await $`rm -f ${output} && ${this.options.whisper.binary} -nt -np -m ${this.whisperModel} -f ${path} -otxt -of ${output}`;
+		console.log(`rm -f ${output} && ${this.options.whisper.binary} -nt -np -m ${model ? Path.join(this.options.whisper.path, model) : this.whisperModel} -f ${path} -otxt -of ${output}`);
+		await $`rm -f ${output} && ${this.options.whisper.binary} -nt -np -m ${model ? Path.join(this.options.whisper.path, model) : this.whisperModel} -f ${path} -otxt -of ${output}`;
 		return fs.readFile(output, 'utf-8').then(text => text?.trim() || null)
 			.finally(() => fs.rm(output, {force: true}).catch(() => {}));
 	}
@@ -56,19 +56,24 @@ export class Ai {
 	 * Downloads the specified Whisper model if it is not already present locally.
 	 *
 	 * @param {string} model Whisper model that will be downloaded
-	 * @return {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves once the model is downloaded and saved locally.
+	 * @return {Promise<string>} Absolute path to model file, resolves once downloaded
 	 */
-	async downloadAsrModel(): Promise<void> {
+	async downloadAsrModel(model?: string): Promise<string> {
 		if(!this.options.whisper?.binary) throw new Error('Whisper not configured');
-		if(await fs.stat(this.whisperModel).then(() => true).catch(() => false)) return;
-		const model = <string>this.whisperModel.split('/').at(-1);
-		if(!!this.downloads[model]) return this.downloads[model];
-		this.downloads[model] = fetch(`https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/${model}`)
-			.then(resp => resp.arrayBuffer()).then(arr => Buffer.from(arr)).then(async buffer => {
-				await fs.writeFile(this.whisperModel, buffer);
-				delete this.downloads[model];
+		let m;
+		if(model) m = model?.endsWith('.bin') ? model : model + '.bin';
+		else m = <string>this.whisperModel.split('/').at(-1);
+		const p = Path.join(this.options.whisper.path, m);
+		if(await fs.stat(p).then(() => true).catch(() => false)) return p;
+		if(!!this.downloads[m]) return this.downloads[m];
+		this.downloads[m] = fetch(`https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/resolve/main/${m}`)
+			.then(resp => resp.arrayBuffer())
+			.then(arr => Buffer.from(arr)).then(async buffer => {
+				await fs.writeFile(Path.join((<any>this.options.whisper).path, m), buffer);
+				delete this.downloads[m];
+				return p;
 			});
-		return this.downloads[model];
+		return this.downloads[m];
 	}
 
 	/**