diff --git a/helpers/add_authemail.py b/helpers/add_authemail.py
index 39b8bc07..a7c68970 100755
--- a/helpers/add_authemail.py
+++ b/helpers/add_authemail.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import streamlit_authenticator as stauth
-import ruamel.yaml as yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 import os
 
+yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)
+
 # enter email address
 new_email = input("Enter dashboard email >> ") 
 
@@ -13,13 +15,13 @@
 # load the YAML file 
 yaml_file = "../credentials.yml" 
 with open(yaml_file, "r") as file:
-    data = yaml.safe_load(file)
+    data = yaml.load(file)
 
 # append the email address to credentials.yml
 data["preauthorized"]["emails"].append(new_email)
 
 # write the updated data back to the file
 with open(yaml_file, "w") as file:
-    yaml.dump(data, file, Dumper=yaml.RoundTripDumper)
+    yaml.dump(data, file)
 
 print("Email has been successfully added!")
diff --git a/helpers/edit_authadmin_password.py b/helpers/edit_authadmin_password.py
index b2230c01..35113e25 100644
--- a/helpers/edit_authadmin_password.py
+++ b/helpers/edit_authadmin_password.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import streamlit_authenticator as stauth
-import ruamel.yaml as yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 import os
 
+yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)
+
 # enter admin password or use default t3st01
 new_password = input("Enter dashboard password >> ") 
 new_password = new_password or "t3st01" 
@@ -12,13 +14,13 @@
 # load the YAML file 
 yaml_file = "../credentials.yml" 
 with open(yaml_file, "r") as file:
-    data = yaml.safe_load(file)
+    data = yaml.load(file)
 
 # update the admin password on credentials.yml
 data["credentials"]["usernames"]["admin"]["password"] = hash_password 
 
 # write the updated data back to the file
 with open(yaml_file, "w") as file:
-    yaml.dump(data, file, Dumper=yaml.RoundTripDumper)
+    yaml.dump(data, file)
 
 print("Admin password has been updated! ")