Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 import os
 
-# Avoid Streamlit file watcher issues in Docker
+# Prevent Streamlit from watching files or writing to restricted dirs
 os.environ["STREAMLIT_WATCHED_MODULES"] = ""
+os.environ["STREAMLIT_RUNTIME_METRICS_ENABLED"] = "false"
+os.environ["STREAMLIT_HOME"] = os.getcwd()
 
-# Set a writable cache directory for Hugging Face models
-os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"] = "./hf_cache"
-os.makedirs("./hf_cache", exist_ok=True)
+# Set Hugging Face transformers cache to a safe, writable folder
+os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"] = "/tmp/hf_cache"
 
-# Set Streamlit-specific options to prevent permission errors
-os.environ["STREAMLIT_HOME"] = os.getcwd()
-os.environ["STREAMLIT_RUNTIME_METRICS_ENABLED"] = "false"
-os.makedirs(".streamlit", exist_ok=True)
 
 import streamlit as st
 import torch