Update app.py

app.py

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ from threading import Thread
 # pinecone db index
 index_name = "kellogg-markstrat"
 
+Pinecone.init(
+    api_key=os.getenv("PINECONE_API_KEY"),  # find at app.pinecone.io
+    environment=os.getenv("PINECONE_ENV"),  # next to api key in console
+)
+
 # set up OpenAI environment vars and embeddings
 openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
 embeddings = OpenAIEmbeddings()
@@ -75,12 +80,6 @@ def predict(message, model_type):
 	q = Queue()
 	job_done = object()
 
-    # pinecone DB init
-    pinecone.init(
-        api_key=os.getenv("PINECONE_API_KEY"),  # find at app.pinecone.io
-    	environment=os.getenv("PINECONE_ENV"),  # next to api key in console
-    )
-
     # load existing index
     vectorsearch = Pinecone.from_existing_index(index_name, embeddings)
     retriever = vectorsearch.as_retriever()