diff --git a/freepost/__init__.py b/freepost/__init__.py
index e699a74..3431014 100644
--- a/freepost/__init__.py
+++ b/freepost/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ application = bottle.app ()
 
 # Load user settings for this app
 with open ('settings.yaml', encoding='UTF-8') as file:
-    settings = yaml.load (file)
+    settings = yaml.safe_load (file)
 
 # Directories to search for app templates
 bottle.TEMPLATE_PATH = [ './freepost/templates' ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d565677..596e85b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ bottle
 python-dateutil
 jinja2
 markdown
-pyld
+# pyld
 pysqlite3
 pyyaml
-requests
+# requests
 timeago