setting up environment variable

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@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 COPY src/ ./src/
 
+# ✅ Prevent Streamlit from writing to root
+ENV STREAMLIT_HOME=/tmp/.streamlit
+ENV STREAMLIT_BROWSER_GATHER_USAGE_STATS=false
+
+# Hugging Face cache paths (redirect to /tmp)
+ENV HF_HOME=/tmp/huggingface
+
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
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