Update app.py

app.py

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ print("--- Python script starting ---")
 
 import streamlit as st
 import os
+os.environ['HF_HOME'] = '/app/huggingface_cache' # For transformers and datasets
+os.environ['TRANSFORMERS_CACHE'] = '/app/huggingface_cache/transformers'
+os.environ['SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_HOME'] = '/app/huggingface_cache/sentence_transformers'
+# Create the directory if it doesn't exist, with permissions
+if not os.path.exists('/app/huggingface_cache'):
+    os.makedirs('/app/huggingface_cache', exist_ok=True)
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from pinecone import Pinecone