From 77b791a553ab92b015edb34044813d4c230eeaa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samsja <55492238+samsja@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:20:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update readme

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 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ Some test must be run from the root directory.
 uv run pytest
 ```
 
+## Potential foot gun to avoid:
+
+if you have a datasets error at the beginning of training try to use the following env var
+```
+HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT=500
+```
+
 ## Environment variables
 | Environment Variable  | Description                                      | Default Value |
 |-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|