diff --git a/vmtp/config.py b/vmtp/config.py
index ee49e61..41eb2b1 100644
--- a/vmtp/config.py
+++ b/vmtp/config.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def config_loads(cfg_text, from_cfg=None):
     '''Same as config_load but load from a string
     '''
     try:
-        cfg = AttrDict(yaml.load(cfg_text))
+        cfg = AttrDict(yaml.safe_load(cfg_text))
     except TypeError:
         # empty string
         cfg = AttrDict()