diff --git a/apps-gx10/fc-ttsreader/deployment-ttsreader-align.json b/apps-gx10/fc-ttsreader/deployment-ttsreader-align.json
index 2b9caaf..9f9fc99 100644
--- a/apps-gx10/fc-ttsreader/deployment-ttsreader-align.json
+++ b/apps-gx10/fc-ttsreader/deployment-ttsreader-align.json
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@
                 "name": "WHISPER_CACHE_DIR",
                 "value": "/models"
               },
+              {
+                "name": "HF_HOME",
+                "value": "/models/huggingface"
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "HF_HUB_CACHE",
+                "value": "/models/huggingface/hub"
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "XDG_CACHE_HOME",
+                "value": "/models/.cache"
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "HF_HUB_DISABLE_XET",
+                "value": "1"
+              },
               {
                 "name": "WHISPER_DEVICE",
                 "value": "cpu"