Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-import os
-os.environ["STREAMLIT_CONFIG_DIR"] = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".streamlit")
+# ---- force a writable HOME + config dir (must be before importing streamlit) ----
+import os, pathlib
+HOME_DIR = "/home/user"  # writable on Hugging Face Spaces
+os.environ["HOME"] = HOME_DIR
+os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] = HOME_DIR
+
+CONFIG_DIR = os.path.join(HOME_DIR, ".streamlit")
+os.makedirs(CONFIG_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+
+# Optional: point Streamlit explicitly here too
+os.environ["STREAMLIT_CONFIG_DIR"] = CONFIG_DIR
+
+# Optional hard-disable usage stats very early (belt & suspenders)
+os.environ["STREAMLIT_BROWSER_GATHERUSAGESTATS"] = "false"
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 import io, os, numpy as np, streamlit as st, librosa, torch, soundfile as sf