fixed permission issues tested locally

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@@ -1,26 +1,33 @@
 # Use Python 3.10 as the base image
 FROM python:3.10-slim
-RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
 
-# Switch to the "user" user
-USER user
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install uv
+# Install uv as root
 RUN pip install uv
 
 # Copy requirements file
-COPY --chown=user requirements.txt .
+COPY requirements.txt .
 
-# Install dependencies system-wide
+# Install dependencies system-wide (as root)
 RUN uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt
 
-# Copy the application code
+# Create a non-root user for running the application
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+
+# Create necessary directories for Chainlit and set permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /app/.files /app/.cache && \
+    chown -R user:user /app
+
+# Copy the application code and set proper ownership
 COPY --chown=user . .
 
+# Switch to the non-root user for running the application
+USER user
+
 # Expose the port for Hugging Face Spaces (required)
 EXPOSE 7860
 
 # Command to run the application on Hugging Face's required port
-CMD ["chainlit", "run", "app.py", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"] 
+CMD ["chainlit", "run", "app.py", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]