diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
index 8a360af..4794395 100755
--- a/lib/pastebinner.rb
+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Pastebinner
       method: :get,
       url: @scraping_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:scrape_item_meta] + "?i=#{unique_paste_key}"
     )
-    YAML.load(response.body)
+    YAML.safe_load(response.body).first
   end
 
   ##### PREPARING THE PASTES FOR SERIALIZATION FOR ES CONFORMING TO PER INDEX SEARCHING