diff --git a/report_generator/io/yaml.py b/report_generator/io/yaml.py
index d4ffdcb..6d0af98 100644
--- a/report_generator/io/yaml.py
+++ b/report_generator/io/yaml.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def read_yaml(input_yaml):
     with open(input_yaml, "r") as stream:
         try:
-            yaml_load = yaml.load(stream)
+            yaml_load = yaml.safe_load(stream)
             return yaml_load
         except yaml.YAMLError as e:
             logger.critical(e)