diff --git a/modules/lang/ruby/config.el b/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
index 26f7e326a..22f713c6e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
   :mode ("\\.\\(?:pry\\|irb\\)rc\\'" . +ruby-init-h)
   :mode ("\\.\\(?:rb\\|rake\\|rabl\\|ru\\|builder\\|gemspec\\|jbuilder\\|thor\\)\\'" .  +ruby-init-h)
   :mode ("/\\(?:Berks\\|Cap\\|Gem\\|Guard\\|Pod\\|Puppet\\|Rake\\|Thor\\|Vagrant\\)file\\'" .  +ruby-init-h)
+  :interpreter ("j?ruby\\([0-9.]+\\)" . +ruby-init-h)
   :preface
   (after! ruby-mode
+    (rassq-delete-all 'ruby-mode interpreter-mode-alist)
     (require 'enh-ruby-mode))
   (defun +ruby-init-h ()
     "Enable `enh-ruby-mode' if ruby is available, otherwise `ruby-mode'."