diff --git a/django_make_app/io_utils.py b/django_make_app/io_utils.py
index 999164b..f4417fb 100644
--- a/django_make_app/io_utils.py
+++ b/django_make_app/io_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 def read_yaml_file(filename):
     with io.open(filename, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as the_file:
-        return yaml.load(the_file)
+        return yaml.safe_load(the_file)
 
 
 def optimize_code(filename):