does it solve the cache issue?

Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 FROM python:3-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-COPY . .
 
 # Install git and clean up to keep the image small
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -10,14 +9,30 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Create cache directories with world-writable permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /.cache /root/.cache && \
+    chmod -R 777 /.cache /root/.cache
+
 # Install required dependencies
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
+# Copy requirements first for better caching
+COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Copy application files
+COPY . .
+
 # Make sft script executable
 COPY sft.py /usr/local/bin/sft
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sft
 
+# Set environment variables to use the writable cache
+ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/.cache
+ENV HF_HOME=/.cache/huggingface
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/.cache/huggingface/transformers
+ENV HF_DATASETS_CACHE=/.cache/huggingface/datasets
+
 # Start gradio application
 EXPOSE 7860
 ENV GRADIO_SERVER_NAME="0.0.0.0"