diff --git a/crowdin_sync.py b/crowdin_sync.py
index d3de7a8..7111033 100755
--- a/crowdin_sync.py
+++ b/crowdin_sync.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     for f in config_files:
         fh = open(f, "r")
         try:
-            config = yaml.load(fh)
+            config = yaml.safe_load(fh)
             for tf in config['files']:
                 if project_path in tf['source']:
                     target_path = tf['translation']