diff --git a/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/__pycache__/app_streamlit.cpython-39.pyc b/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/__pycache__/app_streamlit.cpython-39.pyc
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diff --git a/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/app_streamlit.py b/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/app_streamlit.py
index 7770a801..c5958cf3 100644
--- a/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/app_streamlit.py
+++ b/RenAIssance_Transformer_OCR_Utsav_Rai/code/app/app_streamlit.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import sys
 import os
-# Add CRAFT directory to sys.path for craft imports
-CRAFT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'CRAFT'))
-if CRAFT_DIR not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, CRAFT_DIR)
+
+APP_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+CRAFT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, "..", "CRAFT"))
+for path in (APP_DIR, CRAFT_DIR):
+    if os.path.isdir(path) and path not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.insert(0, path)
 import torch
 import torch.backends.cudnn as cudnn
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -17,7 +19,6 @@
 from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
-import os
 import math
 from transformers import TrOCRProcessor, VisionEncoderDecoderModel
 import streamlit as st
@@ -25,6 +26,21 @@
 
 st.set_page_config(layout="wide")
 
+
+def resolve_existing_path(env_var, *candidates):
+    override = os.getenv(env_var)
+    if override:
+        return override
+
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        if os.path.exists(candidate):
+            return candidate
+
+    raise FileNotFoundError(
+        f"Could not resolve a path for {env_var or 'required asset'}. "
+        f"Tried: {', '.join(candidates)}"
+    )
+
 def copyStateDict(state_dict):
     if list(state_dict.keys())[0].startswith("module"):
         start_idx = 1
@@ -39,7 +55,11 @@ def copyStateDict(state_dict):
 @st.cache_resource
 def load_craft_model():
     # Define the path to the pre-trained CRAFT model weights
-    trained_model_path = '../../weights/craft_mlt_25k.pth'
+    trained_model_path = resolve_existing_path(
+        "RENAISSANCE_CRAFT_MODEL_PATH",
+        os.path.join(APP_DIR, "weights", "craft_mlt_25k.pth"),
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, "..", "..", "weights", "craft_mlt_25k.pth")),
+    )
     
     # Initialize the CRAFT model
     net = CRAFT()     # initialize
@@ -57,7 +77,11 @@ def load_craft_model():
     refine = True  # Set to True if using refine_net
     if refine:
         from refinenet import RefineNet
-        refiner_model_path = '../../weights/craft_refiner_CTW1500.pth'  # Update the path
+        refiner_model_path = resolve_existing_path(
+            "RENAISSANCE_CRAFT_REFINER_PATH",
+            os.path.join(APP_DIR, "weights", "craft_refiner_CTW1500.pth"),
+            os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, "..", "..", "weights", "craft_refiner_CTW1500.pth")),
+        )
         refine_net = RefineNet()
         refine_net.load_state_dict(copyStateDict(torch.load(refiner_model_path, map_location=device)))
         refine_net.to(device)
@@ -109,9 +133,17 @@ def test_net(net, image, text_threshold, link_threshold, low_text, *, cuda, poly
 @st.cache_resource
 def load_ocr_model():
     device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
-    # Update path to point to the correct location of the OCR weights
-    model_path = "../../models"
-    processor_path = "../../models"
+    model_path = resolve_existing_path(
+        "RENAISSANCE_OCR_MODEL_DIR",
+        os.path.join(APP_DIR, "models"),
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, "..", "..", "models")),
+    )
+    processor_path = resolve_existing_path(
+        "RENAISSANCE_OCR_PROCESSOR_DIR",
+        model_path,
+        os.path.join(APP_DIR, "models"),
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join(APP_DIR, "..", "..", "models")),
+    )
     processor = TrOCRProcessor.from_pretrained(processor_path)
     model = VisionEncoderDecoderModel.from_pretrained(model_path).to(device)
     return processor, model, device
@@ -771,4 +803,4 @@ def get_virtual_page(pdf_document, virtual_index, dpi, **kwargs):
         st.write("No image to display.")
 
 else:
-    st.info("Please upload a PDF file from the left panel.")
\ No newline at end of file
+    st.info("Please upload a PDF file from the left panel.")