diff --git a/utils/dataset.py b/utils/dataset.py
index 3975448..ceb3100 100644
--- a/utils/dataset.py
+++ b/utils/dataset.py
@@ -85,7 +85,26 @@ def download(self):
         filename = os.path.join(root, gz_filename)
 
         with tarfile.open(filename, 'r') as f:
-            f.extractall(root)
+            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(f, root)
 
         os.rename(BASEDIR + '/data/miniImageNet/mini-imagenet-cache-train.pkl', BASEDIR + '/data/miniImageNet/train')
         os.rename(BASEDIR + '/data/miniImageNet/mini-imagenet-cache-val.pkl', BASEDIR + '/data/miniImageNet/val')