diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 923580f..a430a89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ services:
       - TZ=Etc/UTC
       - WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8
       - LOCAL_ONLY= #optional
+      - USE_TRANSFORMERS= #optional
       - WHISPER_BEAM=1 #optional
       - WHISPER_LANG=en #optional
     volumes:
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
   -e WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8 \
   -e LOCAL_ONLY= `#optional` \
+  -e USE_TRANSFORMERS= `#optional` \
   -e WHISPER_BEAM=1 `#optional` \
   -e WHISPER_LANG=en `#optional` \
   -p 10300:10300 \
@@ -133,8 +135,9 @@ Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those abov
 | `-e PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e TZ=Etc/UTC` | specify a timezone to use, see this [list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List). |
-| `-e WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8` | Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From `tiny`, `base`, `small` and `medium`, all with `-int8` compressed variants |
+| `-e WHISPER_MODEL=tiny-int8` | Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From [here](https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/blob/master/whisper/config.yaml#L25), smaller models also have `-int8` compressed variants |
 | `-e LOCAL_ONLY=` | If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will not attempt to download models from HuggingFace and will only use locally-provided models. |
+| `-e USE_TRANSFORMERS=` | If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will interpret `WHISPER_MODEL` as a HuggingFace transformers model id. |
 | `-e WHISPER_BEAM=1` | Number of candidates to consider simultaneously during transcription. |
 | `-e WHISPER_LANG=en` | Language that you will speak to the add-on. |
 | `-v /config` | Local path for Whisper config files. |
@@ -302,6 +305,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **07.09.25:** - Add support for transformers models.
 * **20.08.25:** - Add gpu-legacy branch for pre-Turing cards.
 * **10.08.25:** - Add support for local-only mode.
 * **05.12.24:** - Build from Github releases rather than Pypi.
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 3ffcc15..a5d2cec 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ common_param_env_vars_enabled: true
 param_container_name: "{{ project_name }}"
 param_usage_include_env: true
 param_env_vars:
-  - {env_var: "WHISPER_MODEL", env_value: "tiny-int8", desc: "Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From `tiny`, `base`, `small` and `medium`, all with `-int8` compressed variants", env_options: ["tiny-int8", "tiny", "base-int8", "base", "small-int8", "small", "medium-int8"]}
+  - {env_var: "WHISPER_MODEL", env_value: "tiny-int8", desc: "Whisper model that will be used for transcription. From [here](https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/blob/master/whisper/config.yaml#L25), smaller models also have `-int8` compressed variants"}
 param_usage_include_vols: true
 param_volumes:
   - {vol_path: "/config", vol_host_path: "/path/to/{{ project_name }}/data", desc: "Local path for Whisper config files."}
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ param_ports:
 opt_param_usage_include_env: true
 opt_param_env_vars:
   - {env_var: "LOCAL_ONLY", env_value: "", desc: "If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will not attempt to download models from HuggingFace and will only use locally-provided models."}
+  - {env_var: "USE_TRANSFORMERS", env_value: "", desc: "If set to `true`, or any other value, the container will interpret `WHISPER_MODEL` as a HuggingFace transformers model id."}
   - {env_var: "WHISPER_BEAM", env_value: "1", desc: "Number of candidates to consider simultaneously during transcription."}
   - {env_var: "WHISPER_LANG", env_value: "en", desc: "Language that you will speak to the add-on."}
 readonly_supported: true
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "faster-whisper:gpu" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "07.09.25:", desc: "Add support for transformers models."}
   - {date: "20.08.25:", desc: "Add gpu-legacy branch for pre-Turing cards."}
   - {date: "10.08.25:", desc: "Add support for local-only mode."}
   - {date: "05.12.24:", desc: "Build from Github releases rather than Pypi."}
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-whisper/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-whisper/run
index 458a192..743974f 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-whisper/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-whisper/run
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ exec \
         --language "${WHISPER_LANG:-en}" \
         --data-dir /config \
         --download-dir /config \
-        ${LOCAL_ONLY:+--local-files-only}
+        ${LOCAL_ONLY:+--local-files-only} \
+        ${USE_TRANSFORMERS:+--use-transformers}