diff --git a/tarballer.py b/tarballer.py
index 546cf88..68e363d 100755
--- a/tarballer.py
+++ b/tarballer.py
@@ -40,7 +40,26 @@ def decompress_tar(directory: str, name: str) -> None:
 
     os.chdir(directory)
     with tarfile.open(f"{name}.tar.xz", "r:xz") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(".")
+        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, ".")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":