diff --git a/backends/exllamav2/model.py b/backends/exllamav2/model.py
index 0c67388..15c51c1 100644
--- a/backends/exllamav2/model.py
+++ b/backends/exllamav2/model.py
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 from common.transformers_utils import GenerationConfig, HuggingFaceConfig
 from common.utils import coalesce, unwrap
 
-yaml = YAML()
-
 
 class ExllamaV2Container:
     """The model container class for ExLlamaV2 models."""
@@ -381,7 +379,10 @@ async def set_model_overrides(self, **kwargs):
             override_config_path, "r", encoding="utf8"
         ) as override_config_file:
             contents = await override_config_file.read()
-            override_args = unwrap(yaml.safe_load(contents), {})
+
+            # Create a temporary YAML parser
+            yaml = YAML(typ="safe")
+            override_args = unwrap(yaml.load(contents), {})
 
             # Merge draft overrides beforehand
             draft_override_args = unwrap(override_args.get("draft"), {})
diff --git a/common/auth.py b/common/auth.py
index c822b88..67e393b 100644
--- a/common/auth.py
+++ b/common/auth.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 import aiofiles
+import io
 import secrets
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from fastapi import Header, HTTPException, Request
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
 
 from common.utils import coalesce
 
-yaml = YAML()
-
 
 class AuthKeys(BaseModel):
     """
@@ -59,6 +58,9 @@ async def load_auth_keys(disable_from_config: bool):
 
         return
 
+    # Create a temporary YAML parser
+    yaml = YAML(typ=["rt", "safe"])
+
     try:
         async with aiofiles.open("api_tokens.yml", "r", encoding="utf8") as auth_file:
             contents = await auth_file.read()
@@ -71,10 +73,12 @@ async def load_auth_keys(disable_from_config: bool):
         AUTH_KEYS = new_auth_keys
 
         async with aiofiles.open("api_tokens.yml", "w", encoding="utf8") as auth_file:
-            new_auth_yaml = yaml.safe_dump(
-                AUTH_KEYS.model_dump(), default_flow_style=False
+            string_stream = io.StringIO()
+            yaml.dump(
+                AUTH_KEYS.model_dump(), string_stream
             )
-            await auth_file.write(new_auth_yaml)
+
+            await auth_file.write(string_stream.getvalue())
 
     logger.info(
         f"Your API key is: {AUTH_KEYS.api_key}\n"
diff --git a/common/sampling.py b/common/sampling.py
index 7005794..e49811d 100644
--- a/common/sampling.py
+++ b/common/sampling.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 from common.utils import unwrap, prune_dict
 
-yaml = YAML()
-
 
 # Common class for sampler params
 class BaseSamplerRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -418,7 +416,10 @@ async def overrides_from_file(preset_name: str):
         overrides_container.selected_preset = preset_path.stem
         async with aiofiles.open(preset_path, "r", encoding="utf8") as raw_preset:
             contents = await raw_preset.read()
-            preset = yaml.safe_load(contents)
+
+            # Create a temporary YAML parser
+            yaml = YAML(typ="safe")
+            preset = yaml.load(contents)
             overrides_from_dict(preset)
 
             logger.info("Applied sampler overrides from file.")
diff --git a/common/tabby_config.py b/common/tabby_config.py
index 43f227e..219e180 100644
--- a/common/tabby_config.py
+++ b/common/tabby_config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from common.config_models import BaseConfigModel, TabbyConfigModel
 from common.utils import merge_dicts, unwrap
 
-yaml = YAML()
+yaml = YAML(typ=["rt", "safe"])
 
 
 class TabbyConfig(TabbyConfigModel):