Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+import os, logging, traceback
 from pathlib import Path
-import logging
-import traceback
+
+# ⬅️ we only need DATA_DIR here; we'll derive the absolute index path from it
+from settings import DATA_DIR
+
+# Make sure the HF persistent folder exists: /data/index
+INDEX_ABS = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "index")
+Path(INDEX_ABS).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 from agent.graph import AgentGraph
 from agent.tools import FetchTools
 from ingest.sec import fetch_recent_filings_by_cik
-from settings import INDEX_DIR
 
 log = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")