diff --git a/src/utils/yaml.py b/src/utils/yaml.py
index c7a7fd99..588acbda 100644
--- a/src/utils/yaml.py
+++ b/src/utils/yaml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Standard Packages
+from pathlib import Path
+
 # External Packages
 import yaml
 
@@ -5,14 +8,16 @@ import yaml
 from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path
 from src.utils.rawconfig import FullConfig
 
+# Do not emit tags when dumping to YAML
+yaml.emitter.Emitter.process_tag = lambda self, *args, **kwargs: None
 
-def save_config_to_file(yaml_config, yaml_config_file):
+def save_config_to_file(yaml_config: dict, yaml_config_file: Path):
     "Write config to YML file"
     with open(get_absolute_path(yaml_config_file), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
-        yaml.dump(yaml_config, config_file, allow_unicode=True)
+        yaml.safe_dump(yaml_config, config_file, allow_unicode=True)
 
 
-def load_config_from_file(yaml_config_file):
+def load_config_from_file(yaml_config_file: Path) -> dict:
     "Read config from YML file"
     config_from_file = None
     with open(get_absolute_path(yaml_config_file), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ def load_config_from_file(yaml_config_file):
     return config_from_file
 
 
-def parse_config_from_string(yaml_config):
+def parse_config_from_string(yaml_config: dict) -> FullConfig:
     "Parse and validate config in YML string"
     return FullConfig.parse_obj(yaml_config)