diff --git a/amdgpu_fan/controller.py b/amdgpu_fan/controller.py
index 8076b24..7c46b92 100644
--- a/amdgpu_fan/controller.py
+++ b/amdgpu_fan/controller.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main(self):
 def load_config(path):
     logger.debug(f'loading config from {path}')
     with open(path) as f:
-        return yaml.load(f)
+        return yaml.safe_load(f)
 
 
 def main():