From 7f720033e2e9121c79788c45c2130e7fc7066e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Giers <mail@victorgiers.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:46:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Initialize environment variables and application support
 paths

---
 main.py | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 1e4ebe3..8b3004f 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 import os
 import sys
+EARLY_IS_FROZEN = getattr(sys, "frozen", False)
+EARLY_BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(sys.executable) if EARLY_IS_FROZEN else os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+EARLY_APP_SUPPORT_DIR = os.path.join(
+    os.path.expanduser("~"),
+    "Library",
+    "Application Support",
+    "3d-model-generator",
+)
+EARLY_HF_HOME = os.path.join(EARLY_APP_SUPPORT_DIR if EARLY_IS_FROZEN else EARLY_BASE_DIR, ".hf_cache")
+os.environ.setdefault("HF_HOME", EARLY_HF_HOME)
+os.environ.setdefault("HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE", os.path.join(EARLY_HF_HOME, "hub"))
+
 import json
 import re
 import requests
@@ -28,12 +40,7 @@ MODEL_PATH = "/Volumes/SD/ML-Models/diffusers/dreamshaper_8_diffusers"
 IS_FROZEN = getattr(sys, "frozen", False)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(sys.executable) if IS_FROZEN else os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 BUNDLE_DIR = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", BASE_DIR)
-APP_SUPPORT_DIR = os.path.join(
-    os.path.expanduser("~"),
-    "Library",
-    "Application Support",
-    "3d-model-generator",
-)
+APP_SUPPORT_DIR = EARLY_APP_SUPPORT_DIR
 SETTINGS_PATH = os.path.join(APP_SUPPORT_DIR, "settings.json")
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