diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 65757007..2e25ef62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - arch: Win32
             s2arc: x86
+            jnaPath: win32-x86
           - arch: x64
             s2arc: x64
+            jnaPath: win32-x86-64
           - sdl2: ON
             s2ver: 2.26.0
 
@@ -159,6 +161,12 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.sdl2 == 'ON'
         run: copy "$env:SDL2_DIR/../lib/${{ matrix.s2arc }}/SDL2.dll" build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}
 
+      - name: Upload dll
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.jnaPath }}_whisper.dll
+          path: build/bin/${{ matrix.build }}/whisper.dll
+
       - name: Upload binaries
         if: matrix.sdl2 == 'ON'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
@@ -363,3 +371,42 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd examples/whisper.android
           ./gradlew assembleRelease --no-daemon
+
+  java:
+    needs: [ 'windows' ]
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Download Windows lib
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: win32-x86-64_whisper.dll
+          path: bindings/java/build/generated/resources/main/win32-x86-64
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          models\download-ggml-model.cmd tiny.en
+          cd bindings/java
+          chmod +x ./gradlew
+          ./gradlew build
+
+      - name: Upload jar
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: whispercpp.jar
+          path: bindings/java/build/libs/whispercpp-*.jar
+
+#      - name: Publish package
+#        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+#        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+#        with:
+#          arguments: publish
+#        env:
+#          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+#          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/bindings/java/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/java/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e47bb36..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-
-project(whisper_java VERSION 1.4.2)
-
-# Set the target name and source file/s
-set(TARGET_NAME whisper_java)
-set(SOURCES src/main/cpp/whisper_java.cpp)
-
-# include <whisper.h>
-include_directories(../../)
-
-# Set the output directory for the DLL/shared library based on the platform as required by JNA
-if(WIN32)
-    set(OUTPUT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/resources/main/win32-x86-64)
-elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    set(OUTPUT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/resources/main/linux-x86-64)
-elseif(APPLE)
-    set(OUTPUT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/resources/main/macos-x86-64)
-endif()
-
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${OUTPUT_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${OUTPUT_DIR})
-
-# Create the whisper_java library
-add_library(${TARGET_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCES})
-
-# Link against ../../build/Release/whisper.dll (or so/dynlib)
-target_link_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../build/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE whisper)
-
-# Set the appropriate compiler flags for Windows, Linux, and macOS
-if(WIN32)
-    target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE /W4 /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
-elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra)
-elseif(APPLE)
-    target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra)
-endif()
-
-target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE WHISPER_SHARED)
-# add_definitions(-DWHISPER_SHARED)
-
-# Force CMake to save the libs to build/generated/resources/main/${os}-${arch} as required by JNA
-foreach(OUTPUTCONFIG ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
-    string(TOUPPER ${OUTPUTCONFIG} OUTPUTCONFIG)
-    set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES
-                          RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${OUTPUT_DIR}
-                          LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${OUTPUT_DIR}
-                          ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${OUTPUT_DIR})
-endforeach(OUTPUTCONFIG CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
diff --git a/bindings/java/README.md b/bindings/java/README.md
index 429287c0..24c461ea 100644
--- a/bindings/java/README.md
+++ b/bindings/java/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ This package provides Java JNI bindings for whisper.cpp. They have been tested o
   * Ubuntu on x86_64
   * Windows on x86_64
 
-The "low level" bindings are in `WhisperCppJnaLibrary` and `WhisperJavaJnaLibrary` which caches `whisper_full_params` and `whisper_context` in `whisper_java.cpp`. 
-
-There are a lot of classes in the `callbacks`, `ggml`, `model` and `params` directories but most of them have not been tested. 
-
-The most simple usage is as follows:
+The "low level" bindings are in `WhisperCppJnaLibrary`. The most simple usage is as follows:
 
 ```java
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.WhisperCpp;
@@ -48,12 +44,6 @@ In order to build, you need to have the JDK 8 or higher installed. Run the tests
 git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git
 cd whisper.cpp/bindings/java
 
-mkdir build
-pushd build
-cmake ..
-cmake --build .
-popd
-
 ./gradlew build
 ```
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/build.gradle b/bindings/java/build.gradle
index 4a9b02f1..3028f6f6 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.gradle
+++ b/bindings/java/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.register('copyLibwhisperDynlib', Copy) {
+    from '../../build'
+    include 'libwhisper.dynlib'
+    into 'build/generated/resources/main/darwin'
+}
+
 tasks.register('copyLibwhisperSo', Copy) {
     from '../../build'
     include 'libwhisper.so'
@@ -34,7 +40,9 @@ tasks.register('copyWhisperDll', Copy) {
     into 'build/generated/resources/main/windows-x86-64'
 }
 
-tasks.build.dependsOn copyLibwhisperSo, copyWhisperDll
+tasks.register('copyLibs') {
+    dependsOn copyLibwhisperDynlib, copyLibwhisperSo, copyWhisperDll
+}
 
 test {
     systemProperty 'jna.library.path', project.file('build/generated/resources/main').absolutePath
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.cpp b/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e06aa07..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include "whisper_java.h"
-
-struct whisper_full_params default_params;
-struct whisper_context * whisper_ctx = nullptr;
-
-struct void whisper_java_default_params(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy) {
-    default_params = whisper_full_default_params(strategy);
-
-//    struct whisper_java_params result = {};
-//    return result;
-    return;
-}
-
-void whisper_java_init_from_file(const char * path_model) {
-    whisper_ctx = whisper_init_from_file(path_model);
-    if (0 == default_params.n_threads) {
-        whisper_java_default_params(WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY);
-    }
-}
-
-/** Delegates to whisper_full, but without having to pass `whisper_full_params` */
-int whisper_java_full(
-          struct whisper_context * ctx,
-//      struct whisper_java_params   params,
-                     const float * samples,
-                             int   n_samples) {
-    return whisper_full(ctx, default_params, samples, n_samples);
-}
-
-void whisper_java_free() {
-//    free(default_params);
-}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.h b/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d64866b7..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/cpp/whisper_java.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#define WHISPER_BUILD
-#include <whisper.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-struct whisper_java_params {
-};
-
-WHISPER_API void whisper_java_default_params(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy);
-
-WHISPER_API void whisper_java_init_from_file(const char * path_model);
-
-WHISPER_API int whisper_java_full(
-          struct whisper_context * ctx,
-//      struct whisper_java_params   params,
-                     const float * samples,
-                             int   n_samples);
-
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCpp.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCpp.java
index f0144070..9bc1a860 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCpp.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCpp.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Native;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
-import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperJavaParams;
+import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperFullParams;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperSamplingStrategy;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -13,8 +14,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class WhisperCpp implements AutoCloseable {
     private WhisperCppJnaLibrary lib = WhisperCppJnaLibrary.instance;
-    private WhisperJavaJnaLibrary javaLib = WhisperJavaJnaLibrary.instance;
     private Pointer ctx = null;
+    private Pointer greedyPointer = null;
+    private Pointer beamPointer = null;
 
     public File modelDir() {
         String modelDirPath = System.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
@@ -27,9 +29,8 @@ public class WhisperCpp implements AutoCloseable {
 
     /**
      * @param modelPath - absolute path, or just the name (eg: "base", "base-en" or "base.en")
-     * @return a Pointer to the WhisperContext
      */
-    void initContext(String modelPath) throws FileNotFoundException {
+    public void initContext(String modelPath) throws FileNotFoundException {
         if (ctx != null) {
             lib.whisper_free(ctx);
         }
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ public class WhisperCpp implements AutoCloseable {
             modelPath = new File(modelDir(), modelPath).getAbsolutePath();
         }
 
-        javaLib.whisper_java_init_from_file(modelPath);
         ctx = lib.whisper_init_from_file(modelPath);
 
         if (ctx == null) {
@@ -51,22 +51,38 @@ public class WhisperCpp implements AutoCloseable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Initialises `whisper_full_params` internally in whisper_java.cpp so JNA doesn't have to map everything.
-     * `whisper_java_init_from_file()` calls `whisper_java_default_params(WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY)` for convenience.
+     * Provides default params which can be used with `whisper_full()` etc.
+     * Because this function allocates memory for the params, the caller must call either:
+     * - call `whisper_free_params()`
+     * - `Native.free(Pointer.nativeValue(pointer));`
+     *
+     * @param strategy - GREEDY
      */
-    public void getDefaultJavaParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy strategy) {
-        javaLib.whisper_java_default_params(strategy.ordinal());
-//        return lib.whisper_full_default_params(strategy.value)
-    }
+    public WhisperFullParams getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy strategy) {
+        Pointer pointer;
 
-// whisper_full_default_params was too hard to integrate with, so for now we use javaLib.whisper_java_default_params
-//    fun getDefaultParams(strategy: WhisperSamplingStrategy): WhisperFullParams {
-//        return lib.whisper_full_default_params(strategy.value)
-//    }
+        // whisper_full_default_params_by_ref allocates memory which we need to delete, so only create max 1 pointer for each strategy.
+        if (strategy == WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY) {
+            if (greedyPointer == null) {
+                greedyPointer = lib.whisper_full_default_params_by_ref(strategy.ordinal());
+            }
+            pointer = greedyPointer;
+        } else {
+            if (beamPointer == null) {
+                beamPointer = lib.whisper_full_default_params_by_ref(strategy.ordinal());
+            }
+            pointer = beamPointer;
+        }
+
+        WhisperFullParams params = new WhisperFullParams(pointer);
+        params.read();
+        return params;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
         freeContext();
+        freeParams();
         System.out.println("Whisper closed");
     }
 
@@ -76,17 +92,28 @@ public class WhisperCpp implements AutoCloseable {
         }
     }
 
+    private void freeParams() {
+        if (greedyPointer != null) {
+            Native.free(Pointer.nativeValue(greedyPointer));
+            greedyPointer = null;
+        }
+        if (beamPointer != null) {
+            Native.free(Pointer.nativeValue(beamPointer));
+            beamPointer = null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Run the entire model: PCM -> log mel spectrogram -> encoder -> decoder -> text.
      * Not thread safe for same context
      * Uses the specified decoding strategy to obtain the text.
      */
-    public String fullTranscribe(/*WhisperJavaParams whisperParams,*/ float[] audioData) throws IOException {
+    public String fullTranscribe(WhisperFullParams whisperParams, float[] audioData) throws IOException {
         if (ctx == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Model not initialised");
         }
 
-        if (javaLib.whisper_java_full(ctx, /*whisperParams,*/ audioData, audioData.length) != 0) {
+        if (lib.whisper_full(ctx, whisperParams, audioData, audioData.length) != 0) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to process audio");
         }
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppJnaLibrary.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppJnaLibrary.java
index 66025657..c1fb4f8e 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppJnaLibrary.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppJnaLibrary.java
@@ -231,10 +231,21 @@ public interface WhisperCppJnaLibrary extends Library {
     void whisper_print_timings(Pointer ctx);
     void whisper_reset_timings(Pointer ctx);
 
+    // Note: Even if `whisper_full_params is stripped back to just 4 ints, JNA throws "Invalid memory access"
+    //       when `whisper_full_default_params()` tries to return a struct.
+    // WhisperFullParams whisper_full_default_params(int strategy);
+
     /**
+     * Provides default params which can be used with `whisper_full()` etc.
+     * Because this function allocates memory for the params, the caller must call either:
+     * - call `whisper_free_params()`
+     * - `Native.free(Pointer.nativeValue(pointer));`
+     *
      * @param strategy - WhisperSamplingStrategy.value
      */
-    WhisperFullParams whisper_full_default_params(int strategy);
+    Pointer whisper_full_default_params_by_ref(int strategy);
+
+    void whisper_free_params(Pointer params);
 
     /**
      * Run the entire model: PCM -> log mel spectrogram -> encoder -> decoder -> text
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperJavaJnaLibrary.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperJavaJnaLibrary.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f8459a..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperJavaJnaLibrary.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp;
-
-import com.sun.jna.Library;
-import com.sun.jna.Native;
-import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
-import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperJavaParams;
-
-interface WhisperJavaJnaLibrary extends Library {
-    WhisperJavaJnaLibrary instance = Native.load("whisper_java", WhisperJavaJnaLibrary.class);
-
-    void whisper_java_default_params(int strategy);
-
-    void whisper_java_free();
-
-    void whisper_java_init_from_file(String modelPath);
-
-    /**
-     * Run the entire model: PCM -> log mel spectrogram -> encoder -> decoder -> text.
-     * Not thread safe for same context
-     * Uses the specified decoding strategy to obtain the text.
-     */
-    int whisper_java_full(Pointer ctx, /*WhisperJavaParams params, */float[] samples, int nSamples);
-}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperEncoderBeginCallback.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperEncoderBeginCallback.java
index b5e9797a..3d228cbe 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperEncoderBeginCallback.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperEncoderBeginCallback.java
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ public interface WhisperEncoderBeginCallback extends Callback {
      * @param user_data  User data.
      * @return True if the computation should proceed, false otherwise.
      */
-    boolean callback(WhisperContext ctx, WhisperState state, Pointer user_data);
+    boolean callback(Pointer ctx, Pointer state, Pointer user_data);
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperLogitsFilterCallback.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperLogitsFilterCallback.java
index 5377b4eb..9777c763 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperLogitsFilterCallback.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperLogitsFilterCallback.java
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Callback;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
-import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.WhisperContext;
-import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.model.WhisperState;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.model.WhisperTokenData;
 
-import javax.security.auth.callback.Callback;
-
 /**
  * Callback to filter logits.
  * Can be used to modify the logits before sampling.
@@ -24,5 +21,5 @@ public interface WhisperLogitsFilterCallback extends Callback {
      * @param logits     The array of logits.
      * @param user_data  User data.
      */
-    void callback(WhisperContext ctx, WhisperState state, WhisperTokenData[] tokens, int n_tokens, float[] logits, Pointer user_data);
+    void callback(Pointer ctx, Pointer state, WhisperTokenData[] tokens, int n_tokens, float[] logits, Pointer user_data);
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperNewSegmentCallback.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperNewSegmentCallback.java
index 95ca3467..27b1c615 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperNewSegmentCallback.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperNewSegmentCallback.java
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ public interface WhisperNewSegmentCallback extends Callback {
      * @param n_new      The number of newly generated text segments.
      * @param user_data  User data.
      */
-    void callback(WhisperContext ctx, WhisperState state, int n_new, Pointer user_data);
+    void callback(Pointer ctx, Pointer state, int n_new, Pointer user_data);
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperProgressCallback.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperProgressCallback.java
index 88662152..c64f0ab9 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperProgressCallback.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/callbacks/WhisperProgressCallback.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Callback;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.WhisperContext;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.model.WhisperState;
 
-import javax.security.auth.callback.Callback;
-
 /**
  * Callback for progress updates.
  */
@@ -19,5 +18,5 @@ public interface WhisperProgressCallback extends Callback {
      * @param progress   The progress value.
      * @param user_data  User data.
      */
-    void callback(WhisperContext ctx, WhisperState state, int progress, Pointer user_data);
+    void callback(Pointer ctx, Pointer state, int progress, Pointer user_data);
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/BeamSearchParams.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/BeamSearchParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd621dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/BeamSearchParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params;
+
+import com.sun.jna.Structure;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class BeamSearchParams extends Structure {
+    /** ref: <a href="https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/f82bc59f5ea234d4b97fb2860842ed38519f7e65/whisper/transcribe.py#L265">...</a> */
+    public int beam_size;
+
+    /** ref: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.05424.pdf">...</a> */
+    public float patience;
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<String> getFieldOrder() {
+        return Arrays.asList("beam_size", "patience");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/CBool.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/CBool.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f6814ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/CBool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params;
+
+import com.sun.jna.IntegerType;
+
+import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
+
+public class CBool extends IntegerType implements BooleanSupplier {
+    public static final int SIZE = 1;
+    public static final CBool FALSE = new CBool(0);
+    public static final CBool TRUE = new CBool(1);
+
+
+    public CBool() {
+        this(0);
+    }
+
+    public CBool(long value) {
+        super(SIZE, value, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getAsBoolean() {
+        return intValue() == 1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return intValue() == 1 ? "true" : "false";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/GreedyParams.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/GreedyParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3b01389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/GreedyParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params;
+
+import com.sun.jna.Structure;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class GreedyParams extends Structure {
+    /** <a href="https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/f82bc59f5ea234d4b97fb2860842ed38519f7e65/whisper/transcribe.py#L264">...</a> */
+    public int best_of;
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<String> getFieldOrder() {
+        return Collections.singletonList("best_of");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperFullParams.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperFullParams.java
index ea0bccf7..07e68948 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperFullParams.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperFullParams.java
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params;
 
-import com.sun.jna.Callback;
-import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
-import com.sun.jna.Structure;
+import com.sun.jna.*;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks.WhisperEncoderBeginCallback;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks.WhisperLogitsFilterCallback;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks.WhisperNewSegmentCallback;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks.WhisperProgressCallback;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Parameters for the whisper_full() function.
  * If you change the order or add new parameters, make sure to update the default values in whisper.cpp:
@@ -15,62 +16,123 @@ import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.callbacks.WhisperProgressCallback;
  */
 public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
 
+    public WhisperFullParams(Pointer p) {
+        super(p);
+//        super(p, ALIGN_MSVC);
+//        super(p, ALIGN_GNUC);
+    }
+
     /** Sampling strategy for whisper_full() function. */
     public int strategy;
 
-    /** Number of threads. */
+    /** Number of threads. (default = 4) */
     public int n_threads;
 
-    /** Maximum tokens to use from past text as a prompt for the decoder. */
+    /** Maximum tokens to use from past text as a prompt for the decoder. (default = 16384) */
     public int n_max_text_ctx;
 
-    /** Start offset in milliseconds. */
+    /** Start offset in milliseconds. (default = 0) */
     public int offset_ms;
 
-    /** Audio duration to process in milliseconds. */
+    /** Audio duration to process in milliseconds. (default = 0) */
     public int duration_ms;
 
-    /** Translate flag. */
-    public boolean translate;
+    /** Translate flag. (default = false) */
+    public CBool translate;
 
-    /** Flag to indicate whether to use past transcription (if any) as an initial prompt for the decoder. */
-    public boolean no_context;
+    /** The compliment of translateMode() */
+    public void transcribeMode() {
+        translate = CBool.FALSE;
+    }
 
-    /** Flag to force single segment output (useful for streaming). */
-    public boolean single_segment;
+    /** The compliment of transcribeMode() */
+    public void translateMode() {
+        translate = CBool.TRUE;
+    }
 
-    /** Flag to print special tokens (e.g., &lt;SOT>, &lt;EOT>, &lt;BEG>, etc.). */
-    public boolean print_special;
+    /** Flag to indicate whether to use past transcription (if any) as an initial prompt for the decoder. (default = true) */
+    public CBool no_context;
 
-    /** Flag to print progress information. */
-    public boolean print_progress;
+    /** Flag to indicate whether to use past transcription (if any) as an initial prompt for the decoder. (default = true) */
+    public void enableContext(boolean enable) {
+        no_context = enable ? CBool.FALSE : CBool.TRUE;
+    }
 
-    /** Flag to print results from within whisper.cpp (avoid it, use callback instead). */
-    public boolean print_realtime;
+    /** Flag to force single segment output (useful for streaming). (default = false) */
+    public CBool single_segment;
 
-    /** Flag to print timestamps for each text segment when printing realtime. */
-    public boolean print_timestamps;
+    /** Flag to force single segment output (useful for streaming). (default = false) */
+    public void singleSegment(boolean single) {
+        single_segment = single ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
 
-    /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Flag to enable token-level timestamps. */
-    public boolean token_timestamps;
+    /** Flag to print special tokens (e.g., &lt;SOT>, &lt;EOT>, &lt;BEG>, etc.). (default = false) */
+    public CBool print_special;
 
-    /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Timestamp token probability threshold (~0.01). */
+    /** Flag to print special tokens (e.g., &lt;SOT>, &lt;EOT>, &lt;BEG>, etc.). (default = false) */
+    public void printSpecial(boolean enable) {
+        print_special = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** Flag to print progress information. (default = true) */
+    public CBool print_progress;
+
+    /** Flag to print progress information. (default = true) */
+    public void printProgress(boolean enable) {
+        print_progress = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** Flag to print results from within whisper.cpp (avoid it, use callback instead). (default = true) */
+    public CBool print_realtime;
+
+    /** Flag to print results from within whisper.cpp (avoid it, use callback instead). (default = true) */
+    public void printRealtime(boolean enable) {
+        print_realtime = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** Flag to print timestamps for each text segment when printing realtime. (default = true) */
+    public CBool print_timestamps;
+
+    /** Flag to print timestamps for each text segment when printing realtime. (default = true) */
+    public void printTimestamps(boolean enable) {
+        print_timestamps = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Flag to enable token-level timestamps. (default = false) */
+    public CBool token_timestamps;
+
+    /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Flag to enable token-level timestamps. (default = false) */
+    public void tokenTimestamps(boolean enable) {
+        token_timestamps = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Timestamp token probability threshold (~0.01). (default = 0.01) */
     public float thold_pt;
 
     /** [EXPERIMENTAL] Timestamp token sum probability threshold (~0.01). */
     public float thold_ptsum;
 
-    /** Maximum segment length in characters. */
+    /** Maximum segment length in characters. (default = 0) */
     public int max_len;
 
-    /** Flag to split on word rather than on token (when used with max_len). */
-    public boolean split_on_word;
+    /** Flag to split on word rather than on token (when used with max_len). (default = false) */
+    public CBool split_on_word;
 
-    /** Maximum tokens per segment (0 = no limit). */
+    /** Flag to split on word rather than on token (when used with max_len). (default = false) */
+    public void splitOnWord(boolean enable) {
+        split_on_word = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /** Maximum tokens per segment (0, default = no limit) */
     public int max_tokens;
 
-    /** Flag to speed up the audio by 2x using Phase Vocoder. */
-    public boolean speed_up;
+    /** Flag to speed up the audio by 2x using Phase Vocoder. (default = false) */
+    public CBool speed_up;
+
+    /** Flag to speed up the audio by 2x using Phase Vocoder. (default = false) */
+    public void speedUp(boolean enable) {
+        speed_up = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
 
     /** Overwrite the audio context size (0 = use default). */
     public int audio_ctx;
@@ -79,9 +141,15 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
      * These are prepended to any existing text context from a previous call. */
     public String initial_prompt;
 
-    /** Prompt tokens. */
+    /** Prompt tokens. (int*) */
     public Pointer prompt_tokens;
 
+    public void setPromptTokens(int[] tokens) {
+        Memory mem = new Memory(tokens.length * 4L);
+        mem.write(0, tokens, 0, tokens.length);
+        prompt_tokens = mem;
+    }
+
     /** Number of prompt tokens. */
     public int prompt_n_tokens;
 
@@ -90,15 +158,29 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
     public String language;
 
     /** Flag to indicate whether to detect language automatically. */
-    public boolean detect_language;
+    public CBool detect_language;
 
-    /** Common decoding parameters. */
+    /** Flag to indicate whether to detect language automatically. */
+    public void detectLanguage(boolean enable) {
+        detect_language = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
+
+    // Common decoding parameters.
 
     /** Flag to suppress blank tokens. */
-    public boolean suppress_blank;
+    public CBool suppress_blank;
+
+    public void suppressBlanks(boolean enable) {
+        suppress_blank = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
 
     /** Flag to suppress non-speech tokens. */
-    public boolean suppress_non_speech_tokens;
+    public CBool suppress_non_speech_tokens;
+
+    /** Flag to suppress non-speech tokens. */
+    public void suppressNonSpeechTokens(boolean enable) {
+        suppress_non_speech_tokens = enable ? CBool.TRUE : CBool.FALSE;
+    }
 
     /** Initial decoding temperature. */
     public float temperature;
@@ -109,7 +191,7 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
     /** Length penalty. */
     public float length_penalty;
 
-    /** Fallback parameters. */
+    // Fallback parameters.
 
     /** Temperature increment. */
     public float temperature_inc;
@@ -123,31 +205,41 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
     /** No speech threshold. */
     public float no_speech_thold;
 
-    class GreedyParams extends Structure {
-        /** https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/f82bc59f5ea234d4b97fb2860842ed38519f7e65/whisper/transcribe.py#L264 */
-        public int best_of;
-    }
-
     /** Greedy decoding parameters. */
     public GreedyParams greedy;
 
-    class BeamSearchParams extends Structure {
-        /** ref: https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/f82bc59f5ea234d4b97fb2860842ed38519f7e65/whisper/transcribe.py#L265 */
-        int beam_size;
-
-        /** ref: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.05424.pdf */
-        float patience;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Beam search decoding parameters.
      */
     public BeamSearchParams beam_search;
 
+    public void setBestOf(int bestOf) {
+        if (greedy == null) {
+            greedy = new GreedyParams();
+        }
+        greedy.best_of = bestOf;
+    }
+
+    public void setBeamSize(int beamSize) {
+        if (beam_search == null) {
+            beam_search = new BeamSearchParams();
+        }
+        beam_search.beam_size = beamSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setBeamSizeAndPatience(int beamSize, float patience) {
+        if (beam_search == null) {
+            beam_search = new BeamSearchParams();
+        }
+        beam_search.beam_size = beamSize;
+        beam_search.patience = patience;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Callback for every newly generated text segment.
+     * WhisperNewSegmentCallback
      */
-    public WhisperNewSegmentCallback new_segment_callback;
+    public Pointer new_segment_callback;
 
     /**
      * User data for the new_segment_callback.
@@ -156,8 +248,9 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
 
     /**
      * Callback on each progress update.
+     * WhisperProgressCallback
      */
-    public WhisperProgressCallback progress_callback;
+    public Pointer progress_callback;
 
     /**
      * User data for the progress_callback.
@@ -166,8 +259,9 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
 
     /**
      * Callback each time before the encoder starts.
+     * WhisperEncoderBeginCallback
      */
-    public WhisperEncoderBeginCallback encoder_begin_callback;
+    public Pointer encoder_begin_callback;
 
     /**
      * User data for the encoder_begin_callback.
@@ -176,12 +270,44 @@ public class WhisperFullParams extends Structure {
 
     /**
      * Callback by each decoder to filter obtained logits.
+     * WhisperLogitsFilterCallback
      */
-    public WhisperLogitsFilterCallback logits_filter_callback;
+    public Pointer logits_filter_callback;
 
     /**
      * User data for the logits_filter_callback.
      */
     public Pointer logits_filter_callback_user_data;
-}
 
+
+    public void setNewSegmentCallback(WhisperNewSegmentCallback callback) {
+        new_segment_callback = CallbackReference.getFunctionPointer(callback);
+    }
+
+    public void setProgressCallback(WhisperProgressCallback callback) {
+        progress_callback = CallbackReference.getFunctionPointer(callback);
+    }
+
+    public void setEncoderBeginCallbackeginCallbackCallback(WhisperEncoderBeginCallback callback) {
+        encoder_begin_callback = CallbackReference.getFunctionPointer(callback);
+    }
+
+    public void setLogitsFilterCallback(WhisperLogitsFilterCallback callback) {
+        logits_filter_callback = CallbackReference.getFunctionPointer(callback);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<String> getFieldOrder() {
+        return Arrays.asList("strategy", "n_threads", "n_max_text_ctx", "offset_ms", "duration_ms", "translate",
+                "no_context", "single_segment",
+                "print_special", "print_progress", "print_realtime", "print_timestamps",  "token_timestamps",
+                "thold_pt", "thold_ptsum", "max_len", "split_on_word", "max_tokens", "speed_up", "audio_ctx",
+                "initial_prompt", "prompt_tokens", "prompt_n_tokens", "language", "detect_language",
+                "suppress_blank", "suppress_non_speech_tokens", "temperature", "max_initial_ts", "length_penalty",
+                "temperature_inc", "entropy_thold", "logprob_thold", "no_speech_thold", "greedy", "beam_search",
+                "new_segment_callback", "new_segment_callback_user_data",
+                "progress_callback", "progress_callback_user_data",
+                "encoder_begin_callback", "encoder_begin_callback_user_data",
+                "logits_filter_callback", "logits_filter_callback_user_data");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperJavaParams.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperJavaParams.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 728485c3..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/params/WhisperJavaParams.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params;
-
-import com.sun.jna.Structure;
-
-public class WhisperJavaParams extends Structure {
-
-}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppTest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppTest.java
index 98390aa9..66e18f9a 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/test/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppTest.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/io/github/ggerganov/whispercpp/WhisperCppTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
-import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperJavaParams;
+import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.CBool;
+import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperFullParams;
 import io.github.ggerganov.whispercpp.params.WhisperSamplingStrategy;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -19,11 +20,11 @@ class WhisperCppTest {
     static void init() throws FileNotFoundException {
         // By default, models are loaded from ~/.cache/whisper/ and are usually named "ggml-${name}.bin"
         // or you can provide the absolute path to the model file.
-        String modelName = "base.en";
+        String modelName = "../../models/ggml-tiny.en.bin";
         try {
             whisper.initContext(modelName);
-            whisper.getDefaultJavaParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY);
-//            whisper.getDefaultJavaParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH);
+//            whisper.getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY);
+//            whisper.getJavaDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH);
             modelInitialised = true;
         } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
             System.out.println("Model " + modelName + " not found");
@@ -31,11 +32,30 @@ class WhisperCppTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testGetDefaultJavaParams() {
+    void testGetDefaultFullParams_BeamSearch() {
         // When
-        whisper.getDefaultJavaParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH);
+        WhisperFullParams params = whisper.getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH);
 
-        // Then if it doesn't throw we've connected to whisper.cpp
+        // Then
+        assertEquals(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH.ordinal(), params.strategy);
+        assertNotEquals(0, params.n_threads);
+        assertEquals(16384, params.n_max_text_ctx);
+        assertFalse(params.translate);
+        assertEquals(0.01f, params.thold_pt);
+        assertEquals(2, params.beam_search.beam_size);
+        assertEquals(-1.0f, params.beam_search.patience);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetDefaultFullParams_Greedy() {
+        // When
+        WhisperFullParams params = whisper.getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY);
+
+        // Then
+        assertEquals(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY.ordinal(), params.strategy);
+        assertNotEquals(0, params.n_threads);
+        assertEquals(16384, params.n_max_text_ctx);
+        assertEquals(2, params.greedy.best_of);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -52,6 +72,13 @@ class WhisperCppTest {
         byte[] b = new byte[audioInputStream.available()];
         float[] floats = new float[b.length / 2];
 
+//        WhisperFullParams params = whisper.getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_GREEDY);
+        WhisperFullParams params = whisper.getFullDefaultParams(WhisperSamplingStrategy.WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH);
+        params.setProgressCallback((ctx, state, progress, user_data) -> System.out.println("progress: " + progress));
+        params.print_progress = CBool.FALSE;
+//        params.initial_prompt = "and so my fellow Americans um, like";
+
+
         try {
             audioInputStream.read(b);
 
@@ -61,13 +88,13 @@ class WhisperCppTest {
             }
 
             // When
-            String result = whisper.fullTranscribe(/*params,*/ floats);
+            String result = whisper.fullTranscribe(params, floats);
 
             // Then
-            System.out.println(result);
-            assertEquals("And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, " +
+            System.err.println(result);
+            assertEquals("And so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you " +
                     "ask what you can do for your country.",
-                    result);
+                    result.replace(",", ""));
         } finally {
             audioInputStream.close();
         }
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 6faa3f2f..0cdd4a1d 100644
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -2852,6 +2852,12 @@ void whisper_free(struct whisper_context * ctx) {
     }
 }
 
+void whisper_free_params(struct whisper_full_params * params) {
+    if (params) {
+        delete params;
+    }
+}
+
 int whisper_pcm_to_mel_with_state(struct whisper_context * ctx, struct whisper_state * state, const float * samples, int n_samples, int n_threads) {
     if (!log_mel_spectrogram(*state, samples, n_samples, WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE, WHISPER_N_FFT, WHISPER_HOP_LENGTH, WHISPER_N_MEL, n_threads, ctx->model.filters, false, state->mel)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to compute mel spectrogram\n", __func__);
@@ -3285,6 +3291,14 @@ const char * whisper_print_system_info(void) {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+struct whisper_full_params * whisper_full_default_params_by_ref(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy) {
+    struct whisper_full_params params = whisper_full_default_params(strategy);
+
+    struct whisper_full_params* result = new whisper_full_params();
+    *result = params;
+    return result;
+}
+
 struct whisper_full_params whisper_full_default_params(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy) {
     struct whisper_full_params result = {
         /*.strategy         =*/ strategy,
diff --git a/whisper.h b/whisper.h
index 2d5b3eb9..e983c7d4 100644
--- a/whisper.h
+++ b/whisper.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ extern "C" {
     // Frees all allocated memory
     WHISPER_API void whisper_free      (struct whisper_context * ctx);
     WHISPER_API void whisper_free_state(struct whisper_state * state);
+    WHISPER_API void whisper_free_params(struct whisper_full_params * params);
 
     // Convert RAW PCM audio to log mel spectrogram.
     // The resulting spectrogram is stored inside the default state of the provided whisper context.
@@ -409,6 +410,8 @@ extern "C" {
         void * logits_filter_callback_user_data;
     };
 
+    // NOTE: this function allocates memory, and it is the responsibility of the caller to free the pointer - see whisper_free_params()
+    WHISPER_API struct whisper_full_params * whisper_full_default_params_by_ref(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy);
     WHISPER_API struct whisper_full_params whisper_full_default_params(enum whisper_sampling_strategy strategy);
 
     // Run the entire model: PCM -> log mel spectrogram -> encoder -> decoder -> text