diff --git a/Acquire/Gromacs/_gromacs_runner.py b/Acquire/Gromacs/_gromacs_runner.py
index c03f4a6..02dddd4 100644
--- a/Acquire/Gromacs/_gromacs_runner.py
+++ b/Acquire/Gromacs/_gromacs_runner.py
@@ -235,7 +235,26 @@ def run(bucket):
 
         # now unpack this file
         with _tarfile.open(input_tar_bz2, "r:bz2") 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, ".")
 
         # remove the tar file to save space
         _os.remove(input_tar_bz2)