Update main.py

main.py

@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ app = FastAPI(
     description="API to fetch questions and submit agent answers for scoring.",
 )
 
+# --- Startup Event Handler ---
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_event():
+    """
+    Loads the questions when the FastAPI application starts.
+    """
+    logger.info("Application startup: Loading questions...")
+    load_questions() # Call your loading function here
+    if not questions_for_api:
+        logger.error("CRITICAL: No questions were loaded during startup. The /questions endpoint will fail.")
+        # Depending on requirements, you might want the app to fail startup
+        # raise RuntimeError("Failed to load mandatory question data.")
+    else:
+        logger.info(f"Successfully loaded {len(questions_for_api)} questions.")
+
 # --- Helper Function to interact with HF Dataset ---
 def update_huggingface_dataset(username: str, score: float):
     """Loads the dataset, updates the score if higher, and pushes back."""