diff --git a/okta/okta_configuration.py b/okta/okta_configuration.py
index ce4f1e306..e1aface7b 100644
--- a/okta/okta_configuration.py
+++ b/okta/okta_configuration.py
@@ -23,15 +23,10 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from yaml import load
+import yaml
 
 from okta.configuration import Configuration
 
-try:
-    from yaml import CLoader as Loader
-except ImportError:
-    from yaml import Loader
-
 
 class OktaConfiguration():
     """
@@ -43,8 +38,9 @@ def get_configuration(self) -> Configuration:
 
     def read_configuration(self, file_path) -> Configuration:
         if Path(file_path).is_file():
-            text = open(file_path).read()
-            okta_config = load(text, Loader=Loader)
+            with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+                text = f.read()
+            okta_config = yaml.safe_load(text)
             config = Configuration()
             config.host = okta_config['oktaDomain']
             config.api_key['apiToken'] = okta_config['apiKey']