Update app.py

app.py

@@ -11,11 +11,23 @@ from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Thread
 
-# Install pre-built transformers wheel (HF Spaces can't pip-install local wheel paths)
-if os.getenv("SPACE_ID"):
-    _whl = Path(__file__).parent / "transformers-5.5.0.dev0-py3-none-any.whl"
-    if _whl.exists():
+# Install pre-built transformers wheel BEFORE importing transformers
+_app_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+_whls = sorted(_app_dir.glob("transformers*.whl"))
+_installed = False
+if _whls:
+    _whl = _whls[0]
+    print(f"[BOOT] Installing wheel: {_whl.name}", flush=True)
+    try:
         subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", str(_whl)])
+        _installed = True
+        print("[BOOT] ✓ Wheel installed", flush=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"[BOOT] ⚠ Wheel install failed ({e}), falling back to PyPI", flush=True)
+
+if not _installed:
+    print("[BOOT] Installing transformers from PyPI...", flush=True)
+    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "transformers>=4.49"])
 
 import urllib3
 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)