diff --git a/src/utils/hub.js b/src/utils/hub.js
index ab67ea8e6..5b3bb7520 100755
--- a/src/utils/hub.js
+++ b/src/utils/hub.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file Utility functions to interact with the Hugging Face Hub (https://huggingface.co/models)
- * 
+ *
  * @module utils/hub
  */
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { dispatchCallback } from './core.js';
 export const MAX_EXTERNAL_DATA_CHUNKS = 100;
 
 /**
- * @typedef {Object} PretrainedOptions Options for loading a pretrained model.     
+ * @typedef {Object} PretrainedOptions Options for loading a pretrained model.
  * @property {import('./core.js').ProgressCallback} [progress_callback=null] If specified, this function will be called during model construction, to provide the user with progress updates.
  * @property {import('../configs.js').PretrainedConfig} [config=null] Configuration for the model to use instead of an automatically loaded configuration. Configuration can be automatically loaded when:
  * - The model is a model provided by the library (loaded with the *model id* string of a pretrained model).
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class FileResponse {
     /**
      * Reads the contents of the file specified by the filePath property and returns a Promise that
      * resolves with a parsed JavaScript object containing the file's contents.
-     * 
+     *
      * @returns {Promise<Object>} A Promise that resolves with a parsed JavaScript object containing the file's contents.
      * @throws {Error} If the file cannot be read.
      */
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ const REPO_ID_REGEX = /^(\b[\w\-.]+\b\/)?\b[\w\-.]{1,96}\b$/;
 /**
  * Tests whether a string is a valid Hugging Face model ID or not.
  * Adapted from https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/blob/6378820ebb03f071988a96c7f3268f5bdf8f9449/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_validators.py#L119-L170
- * 
+ *
  * @param {string} string The string to test
  * @returns {boolean} True if the string is a valid model ID, false otherwise.
  */
@@ -214,9 +214,14 @@ function isValidHfModelId(string) {
  */
 export async function getFile(urlOrPath) {
 
-    if (env.useFS && !isValidUrl(urlOrPath, ['http:', 'https:', 'blob:'])) {
-        return new FileResponse(urlOrPath.toString());
-
+    if (env.useFS && !isValidUrl(urlOrPath, ["http:", "https:", "blob:"])) {
+        return new FileResponse(
+          urlOrPath instanceof URL
+            ? urlOrPath.protocol === "file:"
+              ? urlOrPath.pathname
+              : urlOrPath.toString()
+            : urlOrPath,
+        );
     } else if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && process?.release?.name === 'node') {
         const IS_CI = !!process.env?.TESTING_REMOTELY;
         const version = env.version;
@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ function handleError(status, remoteURL, fatal) {
 class FileCache {
     /**
      * Instantiate a `FileCache` object.
-     * @param {string} path 
+     * @param {string} path
      */
     constructor(path) {
         this.path = path;
@@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ class FileCache {
 
     /**
      * Checks whether the given request is in the cache.
-     * @param {string} request 
+     * @param {string} request
      * @returns {Promise<FileResponse | undefined>}
      */
     async match(request) {
@@ -305,8 +310,8 @@ class FileCache {
 
     /**
      * Adds the given response to the cache.
-     * @param {string} request 
-     * @param {Response} response 
+     * @param {string} request
+     * @param {Response} response
      * @param {(data: {progress: number, loaded: number, total: number}) => void} [progress_callback] Optional.
      * The function to call with progress updates
      * @returns {Promise<void>}
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ class FileCache {
 }
 
 /**
- * 
+ *
  * @param {FileCache|Cache} cache The cache to search
  * @param {string[]} names The names of the item to search for
  * @returns {Promise<FileResponse|Response|undefined>} The item from the cache, or undefined if not found.