diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04d23fc8..9f0eb01f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ backend/token.json
 backend/service_account_key.json
 venv
 backend/Eduaid
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+backend/s2v_reddit_2015_md.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71798389..2a4f065c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ You can choose to set up the backend manually or use an automated shell script.
    - Download the Sense2Vec model from [this link](https://github.com/explosion/sense2vec/releases/download/v1.0.0/s2v_reddit_2015_md.tar.gz) and extract the contents into the `backend` folder.
 
 2. **Install Python Dependencies**:
+   "Note: Ensure you are using Python 3.11 or 3.12. Python 3.13 is currently incompatible with several required machine learning libraries."
+   
    - Navigate to the root repository folder and run the following command to install the required Python dependencies:
      ```bash
      pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 717390b7..018a36d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-torch==2.5.1
+torch>=2.8.0
 transformers==4.46.1
 sense2vec==2.0.2
 strsim==0.0.3