diff --git a/src/finch/julia.py b/src/finch/julia.py
index 72e074d..12fddef 100644
--- a/src/finch/julia.py
+++ b/src/finch/julia.py
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@
 _FINCH_VERSION = "0.6.31"
 _FINCH_HASH = "9177782c-1635-4eb9-9bfb-d9dfa25e6bce"
 _FINCH_REPO_PATH = os.environ.get("FINCH_REPO_PATH", default=None)
+_FINCH_REPO_URL = os.environ.get("FINCH_URL_PATH", default=None)
+
+if _FINCH_REPO_PATH and _FINCH_REPO_URL:
+    raise ValueError("FINCH_REPO_PATH and FINCH_URL_PATH can't be set at the same time.")
 
 if _FINCH_REPO_PATH:  # Also account for empty string
     juliapkg.add(_FINCH_NAME, _FINCH_HASH, path=_FINCH_REPO_PATH, dev=True)
+elif _FINCH_REPO_URL:
+    juliapkg.add(_FINCH_NAME, _FINCH_HASH, url=_FINCH_REPO_URL, dev=True)
 else:
     deps = juliapkg.deps.load_cur_deps()
     if (
diff --git a/src/finch/tensor.py b/src/finch/tensor.py
index 7b45b01..667aa9f 100644
--- a/src/finch/tensor.py
+++ b/src/finch/tensor.py
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ def eye(
 
 
 def tensordot(x1: Tensor, x2: Tensor, /, *, axes=2) -> Tensor:
+    if not isinstance(x1, Tensor):
+        x1 = Tensor(x1)
+    if not isinstance(x2, Tensor):
+        x2 = Tensor(x2)
     if isinstance(axes, Iterable):
         self_axes = normalize_axis_tuple(axes[0], x1.ndim)
         other_axes = normalize_axis_tuple(axes[1], x2.ndim)