diff --git a/shuttleBot.py b/shuttleBot.py
index 7100ead..d2bb756 100644
--- a/shuttleBot.py
+++ b/shuttleBot.py
@@ -33,7 +33,26 @@
     file_path = 'checkpoint_run1.tar'
 
     with tarfile.open(file_path, 'r') as tar:
-        tar.extractall()
+        def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+            
+            abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+            abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+        
+            prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+            
+            return prefix == abs_directory
+        
+        def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+        
+            for member in tar.getmembers():
+                member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                    raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+        
+            tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner) 
+            
+        
+        safe_extract(tar)
     sess = gpt2.start_tf_sess()
     gpt2.load_gpt2(sess, run_name='run1')
     found = True