Update app/core/embedding_engine.py

app/core/embedding_engine.py

@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 # embedding_engine.py
 import uuid, time
+from pathlib import Path
 from qdrant_client import QdrantClient, models
 from qdrant_client.http.models import Distance, VectorParams
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 from app.core.config import QDRANT_URL, QDRANT_API_KEY
 
-MODEL_PATH = "app/core/models/bge-base-en-v1.5"
-embedder = SentenceTransformer(MODEL_PATH)
+# MODEL_PATH = "app/core/models/bge-base-en-v1.5"
+# embedder = SentenceTransformer(MODEL_PATH)
+
+
+# ✅ Resolve model path relative to THIS file, not the working directory
+# Works on local, HuggingFace, Docker — anywhere
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent  # → app/core/
+MODEL_PATH = BASE_DIR / "models" / "bge-base-en-v1.5"
+
+print(f"📁 Model path: {MODEL_PATH}")
+print(f"📁 Model exists: {MODEL_PATH.exists()}")
+
+if not MODEL_PATH.exists():
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        f"BGE model not found at {MODEL_PATH}. "
+        f"Ensure the model folder is committed to the repo under app/core/models/bge-base-en-v1.5/"
+    )
+
+embedder = SentenceTransformer(str(MODEL_PATH))  # SentenceTransformer needs str, not Path
+print("✅ Embedder loaded successfully")
+
+
 
 qdrant = QdrantClient(
     url=QDRANT_URL,