diff --git a/docker/accessbot/accessbot.py b/docker/accessbot/accessbot.py
index 38edc16ff2..af1bfe7f83 100755
--- a/docker/accessbot/accessbot.py
+++ b/docker/accessbot/accessbot.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def main():
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read(args.config)
 
-    channels = yaml.load(open(args.channels))
+    channels = yaml.safe_load(open(args.channels))
 
     a = SetAccess(channels, args.noop,
                   config.get('ircbot', 'nick'),