diff --git a/tensorshake/translate/data_utils.py b/tensorshake/translate/data_utils.py
index e48af29..f771ce9 100644
--- a/tensorshake/translate/data_utils.py
+++ b/tensorshake/translate/data_utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,26 @@ def get_wmt_enfr_train_set(directory):
                                  _WMT_ENFR_TRAIN_URL)
     print("Extracting tar file %s" % corpus_file)
     with tarfile.open(corpus_file, "r") as corpus_tar:
-      corpus_tar.extractall(directory)
+      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=numeric_owner) 
+          
+      
+      safe_extract(corpus_tar, directory)
     gunzip_file(train_path + ".fr.gz", train_path + ".fr")
     gunzip_file(train_path + ".en.gz", train_path + ".en")
   return train_path