diff --git a/dotbot/config.py b/dotbot/config.py
index a6ee9da..9ecf9ac 100644
--- a/dotbot/config.py
+++ b/dotbot/config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class ConfigReader(object):
     def _read(self, config_file_path):
         try:
             with open(config_file_path) as fin:
-                data = yaml.load(fin)
+                data = yaml.safe_load(fin)
             return data
         except Exception as e:
             msg = string.indent_lines(str(e))