Update app.py

app.py

@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 import shutil
 from inference import process_document
 # from json_handling import process_whole_doc
-
+from model_loader import get_model
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def startup_event():
+    print("Starting application...")
+    print("Loading model before API becomes ready...")
+    get_model()
+    print("Startup complete. API is ready.")
+
 @app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 def root():
     return """