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@@ -8,19 +8,22 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Set Hugging Face cache to a writable directory
+ENV HF_HOME=/app/hf_cache
+
 # Copy requirements first
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Pre-cache Hugging Face models (avoid cold starts)
 RUN python -c "from transformers import Wav2Vec2Processor, AutoModelForAudioClassification; \
-    Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained('facebook/wav2vec2-base-960h'); \
-    AutoModelForAudioClassification.from_pretrained('prithivMLmods/Common-Voice-Gender-Detection')"
+    Wav2Vec2Processor.from_pretrained('facebook/wav2vec2-base-960h', cache_dir='/app/hf_cache'); \
+    AutoModelForAudioClassification.from_pretrained('prithivMLmods/Common-Voice-Gender-Detection', cache_dir='/app/hf_cache')"
 
 # Copy app
 COPY app.py .
 
-# Expose the port Hugging Face uses (default: 7860)
+# Expose the port Hugging Face assigns (default 7860)
 EXPOSE 7860
 
 # Run uvicorn, binding to $PORT injected by Hugging Face