diff --git a/scripts/s3_media_upload b/scripts/s3_media_upload
index b8e08d8..672c175 100644
--- a/scripts/s3_media_upload
+++ b/scripts/s3_media_upload
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def get_postgres_conn(parser):
     """Attempt to get a postgres connection based on database.yaml, or exit.
     """
     try:
-        database_yaml = yaml.load(open("database.yaml"))
+        database_yaml = yaml.safe_load(open("database.yaml"))
     except FileNotFoundError:
         parser.error("Could not find database.yaml")
     except yaml.YAMLError as e: