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Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -7,14 +11,14 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     fonts-liberation \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-
-# Pre-download the rembg u2net model
-RUN python -c "from rembg import remove; remove(b'\x89PNG\r\n')" || true
+COPY requirements.txt ./
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
+RUN mkdir -p /app/cache /app/output
+
 EXPOSE 8500
 
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8500"]
+CMD ["python", "-m", "uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8500"]