Enhance sys.path modification to prevent duplicate entries for current directory

Dockerfile

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN set -x && \
 # Copy application files
 COPY app.py .
 COPY index.html .
-
+COPY api/ ./api/
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV HF_HOME=/app/cache/huggingface
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ EXPOSE 8000
 # Use a startup script with debug output
 CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--log-level", "debug"]
 
+

app.py

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+# Add project root to Python path
+current_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+if current_dir not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, current_dir)
 
 # Import our main application
 from api.fastapi_server import app as fastapi_app