diff --git a/medleydb/__init__.py b/medleydb/__init__.py
index b5b0cd0..41e3af0 100644
--- a/medleydb/__init__.py
+++ b/medleydb/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def read_tracklist(filename):
 
 with open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'resources',
                     'taxonomy.yaml'), 'r') as fhandle:
-    INST_TAXONOMY = yaml.load(fhandle)
+    INST_TAXONOMY = yaml.load(fhandle, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
 with open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'resources',
                     'instrument_f0_type.json'), 'r') as fhandle: