diff --git a/pptop/core.py b/pptop/core.py
index 1fba9ba..14db73e 100644
--- a/pptop/core.py
+++ b/pptop/core.py
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ def format_plugin_option(dct, o, v):
         if not os.path.isdir(_d.pptop_dir + '/lib'):
             os.mkdir(_d.pptop_dir + '/lib')
     with open(config_file) as fh:
-        config.update(yaml.load(fh.read()))
+        config.update(yaml.safe_load(fh.read()))
 
     console = config.get('console')
     if console is None: console = {}