diff --git a/lib/typesense-rails.rb b/lib/typesense-rails.rb
index 4fd82af..187352e 100644
--- a/lib/typesense-rails.rb
+++ b/lib/typesense-rails.rb
@@ -955,11 +955,11 @@ def typesense_settings_changed?(prev, current)
     def typesense_full_const_get(name)
       list = name.split("::")
       list.shift if list.first.blank?
-      obj = Object.const_defined?(:RUBY_VERSION) && RUBY_VERSION.to_f < 1.9 ? Object : self
+      obj = Object
       list.each do |x|
         # This is required because const_get tries to look for constants in the
         # ancestor chain, but we only want constants that are HERE
-        obj = obj.const_defined?(x) ? obj.const_get(x) : obj.const_missing(x)
+        obj = obj.const_defined?(x, false) ? obj.const_get(x, false) : obj.const_missing(x)
       end
       obj
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration_spec.rb b/spec/integration_spec.rb
index 7b6a7aa..3d27fcf 100644
--- a/spec/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration_spec.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
     t.string :short_name
     t.integer :hex
   end
+  create_table :collections do |t|
+    t.string :name
+  end
   create_table :namespaced_models do |t|
     t.string :name
     t.integer :another_private_value
@@ -212,6 +215,14 @@ def will_save_change_to_short_name?
   end
 end
 
+class Collection < ActiveRecord::Base
+  include Typesense
+
+  typesense auto_index: false, index_name: safe_index_name("Collection") do
+    attribute :name
+  end
+end
+
 class DisabledBoolean < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Typesense
 
@@ -642,6 +653,35 @@ class SerializedObject < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 end
 
+describe "Collection" do
+  it "resolves the model class instead of Typesense::Collection" do
+    expect(Collection.typesense_options[:type]).to eq(Collection)
+  end
+
+  it "uses the ActiveRecord model when loading search hits" do
+    record = Collection.create!(name: "Archive")
+
+    allow(Collection).to receive(:typesense_raw_search).and_return(
+      {
+        "hits" => [
+          {
+            "document" => { "id" => record.id.to_s },
+            "highlights" => []
+          }
+        ],
+        "found" => 1,
+        "page" => 1,
+        "request_params" => { "per_page" => 10 }
+      }
+    )
+
+    results = Collection.search("*", "name")
+
+    expect(results.length).to eq(1)
+    expect(results.first).to eq(record)
+  end
+end
+
 describe "UniqUsers" do
   before(:all) do
     UniqUser.clear_index!