diff --git a/h2drumkit_to_wav.py b/h2drumkit_to_wav.py
index bbf8e31..2955847 100644
--- a/h2drumkit_to_wav.py
+++ b/h2drumkit_to_wav.py
@@ -47,7 +47,26 @@ def drumKitToWavs(filename):
 
     with tarfile.open(filename) as tar:
         tnames = tar.getnames()
-        tar.extractall(extractPath)
+        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(tar, extractPath)
 
     print("Converting flac to %s..." % a.OUTPUT_FORMAT)
     for tname in tnames: