diff --git a/panci/travisconfig.py b/panci/travisconfig.py
index 129418e..e4a1f9f 100644
--- a/panci/travisconfig.py
+++ b/panci/travisconfig.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def __init__(self, in_file=None):
             if not hasattr(in_file, 'read'):
                 in_file = open(in_file, 'r')
 
-            self.__dict__ = yaml.load(in_file)
+            self.__dict__ = yaml.safe_load(in_file)
 
     def get_all_commands(self):
         """Return a list of all the commands in all of the fields that can