diff --git a/ImageDatasets.py b/ImageDatasets.py
index 2543fa0..0f7f3ce 100755
--- a/ImageDatasets.py
+++ b/ImageDatasets.py
@@ -107,10 +107,48 @@ def download_file(baseurl, filename, raw_path):
 def decompress_file(filename, raw_path):
     if ".tar.gz" in filename:
         with tarfile.open(os.path.join(raw_path, filename), "r:gz") as tr:
-            tr.extractall(os.path.join(raw_path, ""))
+            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(tr, os.path.join(raw_path,""))
     elif ".tar" in filename:
         with tarfile.open(os.path.join(raw_path, filename), "r:") as tr:
-            tr.extractall(os.path.join(raw_path, ""))
+            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(tr, os.path.join(raw_path,""))
     elif ".zip" in filename:
         with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(raw_path, filename), "r") as z:
             z.extractall(os.path.join(raw_path, ""))