Move xformers disable to global scope for better compatibility

The previous fix didn't work because xformers was already imported.
Moving XFORMERS_DISABLED=1 to the top of the file before any imports
to ensure it's set before xformers library initialization.

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app.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from typing import List, Dict, Any
 import json
 import torch
+import os
+
+# Disable xformers for CPU compatibility with Stella models
+os.environ["XFORMERS_DISABLED"] = "1"
 
 import gradio as gr
 from fastapi import FastAPI
@@ -72,11 +76,6 @@ def load_model(model_name: str):
     try:
         print(f"Loading model '{model_name}' on {DEVICE}")
         
-        # Special handling for Stella models on CPU
-        if "stella" in model_name.lower() and DEVICE == "cpu":
-            # Disable xformers for CPU inference to avoid attention operator errors
-            import os
-            os.environ["XFORMERS_DISABLED"] = "1"
         
         current_model = SentenceTransformer(
             model_name,