fix: ensure Hugging Face API token is used for dataset repository initialization

utils/hf_logger.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _pil_to_base64(image: Image.Image) -> str:
 # as we are no longer appending to a datasets.Dataset object directly in memory
 def initialize_dataset_repo():
     """Initializes or ensures the Hugging Face dataset repository exists."""
-    api = HfApi()
+    api = HfApi(token=os.getenv("HF_TOKEN"))
     try:
         api.repo_info(repo_id=HF_DATASET_NAME, repo_type="dataset")
         logger.info(f"Hugging Face dataset repository already exists: {HF_DATASET_NAME}")