diff --git a/gibberish_detector/config.py b/gibberish_detector/config.py
index 3e47254..d80a784 100755
--- a/gibberish_detector/config.py
+++ b/gibberish_detector/config.py
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 CONFIG_PATH = "config.yml"
 
 with open(os.path.join(__location__, CONFIG_PATH), 'r') as ymlfile:
-    cfg = yaml.load(ymlfile)
+    cfg = yaml.safe_load(ymlfile)
     # Load the yaml content into this module global variables
     globals().update(cfg)