Upload app.py

app.py

@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ checkpoints = [
 ]
 
 
-@st.cache
-def initialize_spacy(model="en"):
-    spacy.cli.download(model)  # type: ignore
-    return True
-
-
 @st.cache(suppress_st_warning=True, allow_output_mutation=True)
 def get_model(model_name):
     return HappyTextToText("T5", model_name)
@@ -51,7 +45,6 @@ def main():
         """This writing assistant will proofread any text for you! See my [GitHub repo](https://github.com/aseifert/hf-writing-assistant) for implementation details."""
     )
 
-    initialize_spacy()
     annotator = get_annotator("en")
     checkpoint = st.selectbox("Choose model", checkpoints)
     model = get_model(checkpoint)