diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed514b8..eb9b2f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,3 @@ __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 
-# YOLO model (auto-downloaded on first run)
-yolov8n.pt
diff --git a/run_all.sh b/run_all.sh
index d65843e..db93521 100755
--- a/run_all.sh
+++ b/run_all.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
-export PYTHONPATH="/workspace/.site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
+# Link pip deps from EFS vendor if /workspace/.site-packages is missing
+if [[ ! -d "${ROOT}/.site-packages" && -d "/opt/vendor/yolov8" ]]; then
+  ln -sf /opt/vendor/yolov8 "${ROOT}/.site-packages"
+fi
+
+export PYTHONPATH="${ROOT}/.site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
 export DISPLAY=:1
 
 # Auto-download YOLO model if not present
diff --git a/yolov8n.pt b/yolov8n.pt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db4ca4
Binary files /dev/null and b/yolov8n.pt differ