change strategy

.dockerignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-**/data/models/*
-**/data/embeddings/*
+# **/data/models/*
+# **/data/embeddings/*
 **/__pycache__
 **/*.pyc
 **/*.pyo

Dockerfile

@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY backend/requirements.txt ./backend/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r backend/requirements.txt
 
-# Copy the backend code (excluding data directory)
+# Copy the backend code and data
 COPY backend/app ./backend/app
-
-# Create mount points for data
-RUN mkdir -p /app/backend/data/models /app/backend/data/embeddings
+COPY backend/data ./backend/data
 
 # Copy the built frontend assets into backend/static
 RUN mkdir -p backend/static