diff --git a/microesc/urbansound8k.py b/microesc/urbansound8k.py
index 1da67b7..240a8db 100644
--- a/microesc/urbansound8k.py
+++ b/microesc/urbansound8k.py
@@ -69,7 +69,26 @@ def download_progress(count, blocksize, totalsize):
         print('Extracting...', archive_path)
         # Note: .zip file is kept around
         with tarfile.open(archive_path, "r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(workdir)
+            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(archive, workdir)
 
     return dir_path