diff --git a/download_model.py b/download_model.py
index 798a6e3..96b3400 100755
--- a/download_model.py
+++ b/download_model.py
@@ -88,7 +88,26 @@ def main():
             with open(stub_tgz_fn, 'wb') as fp:
                 fp.write(request.urlopen(model_url).read())
             with tarfile.open(stub_tgz_fn, 'r:gz') as tar_fp:
-                tar_fp.extractall(modeldir)
+                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_fp, modeldir)
             os.remove(stub_tgz_fn)
         except Exception as e:
             sys.stderr.write('Error for {} ({})\n'.format(stub_base, e))