diff --git a/beanstalkc.py b/beanstalkc.py
index d9d2013..bc57f48 100755
--- a/beanstalkc.py
+++ b/beanstalkc.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=DEFAULT_HOST, port=DEFAULT_PORT, parse_yaml=True,
                  connect_timeout=socket.getdefaulttimeout()):
         if parse_yaml is True:
             try:
-                parse_yaml = __import__('yaml').load
+                parse_yaml = __import__('yaml').safe_load
             except ImportError:
                 logging.error('Failed to load PyYAML, will not parse YAML')
                 parse_yaml = False