minor change

app.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(css="style.css") as demo:
             hf_options = gr.CheckboxGroup(
                 label="Hugging Face options",
                 choices=["🤗 paper-page", "datasets", "models", "spaces", "github"],
-                value=["🤗 paper-page"],
+                value=[],
                 elem_id="hf_options"
             )
 
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(css="style.css") as demo:
         """
         calendar = gr.update()
         conferences = gr.update()
+        hf_options = gr.update()
 
         if request:
             print("Request headers dictionary:", dict(request.headers))
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(css="style.css") as demo:
             print("Session hash:", request.session_hash)
             if 'date' in request.query_params:
                 calendar = gr.update(value=request.query_params['date'])
+
             if 'conferences' in request.query_params:
                 conferences = request.query_params['conferences']
                 try:
@@ -390,7 +392,18 @@ with gr.Blocks(css="style.css") as demo:
                 except ValueError:
                     conferences = []
 
-        return calendar, conferences
+                print(conferences)
+                conferences = gr.update(value=conferences)
+
+            if "hf_options" in request.query_params:
+                hf_options = request.query_params['hf_options']
+                try:
+                    hf_options = [value for value in hf_options.split(',')]
+                except ValueError:
+                    hf_options = []
+                hf_options = gr.update(value=hf_options)
+
+        return calendar, conferences, hf_options
 
 
     demo.load(
@@ -400,7 +413,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(css="style.css") as demo:
         api_name=False,
     ).then(
         fn=echo,
-        outputs=[calendar, conference_options]
+        outputs=[calendar, conference_options, hf_options]
     )