Update app.py

app.py

@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ logger.info("Country code mappings loaded successfully.")
 # Load BioCLIP Model from Hugging Face
 logger.info("Loading model from Hugging Face...")
 repo_dir = snapshot_download(MODEL_NAME, revision=MODEL_REVISION)
+repo_dir = str(Path(repo_dir).resolve()) 
 cfg = Path(repo_dir, "open_clip_config.json")
 wts = Path(repo_dir, "open_clip_pytorch_model.bin")
 assert cfg.exists(), f"Missing config at {cfg}"
 assert wts.exists(), f"Missing weights at {wts}"
 model, _, preprocess = create_model_and_transforms(
-    model_name=f"local-dir:{repo_dir}",                
-    cache_dir=None               
+    model_name=f"local-dir:{repo_dir}"             
 )
 device = torch.device("cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
 tokenizer = get_tokenizer(MODEL_NAME)