diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7c5ef60..2b63043 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Dmytro Katyukha
 Gerard Marull-Paretas
 Hark
 Joel Lehtonen
+Justin Vieira
 kennedy
 Kristi
 ldos
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ Michael Billington
 Michael Elsdörfer
 mrwunderbar666
 Nathan Bookham
+Omer Akram
 Patrick Kanzler
 primax79
 Qian Linfeng
diff --git a/src/escpos/capabilities.py b/src/escpos/capabilities.py
index 0cf76e1..c4b6ab5 100644
--- a/src/escpos/capabilities.py
+++ b/src/escpos/capabilities.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ else:
 if full_load:
     logger.debug('Loading and pickling capabilities')
     with open(capabilities_path) as cp, open(pickle_path, 'wb') as pp:
-        CAPABILITIES = yaml.load(cp)
+        CAPABILITIES = yaml.safe_load(cp)
         pickle.dump(CAPABILITIES, pp, protocol=2)
 
 logger.debug('Finished loading capabilities took %.2fs', time.time() - t0)
diff --git a/src/escpos/printer.py b/src/escpos/printer.py
index f1c6145..319d773 100644
--- a/src/escpos/printer.py
+++ b/src/escpos/printer.py
@@ -68,19 +68,24 @@ class Usb(Escpos):
         self.idVendor = self.device.idVendor
         self.idProduct = self.device.idProduct
 
-        check_driver = None
+        # pyusb has three backends: libusb0, libusb1 and openusb but
+        # only libusb1 backend implements the methods is_kernel_driver_active()
+        # and detach_kernel_driver().
+        # This helps enable this library to work on Windows.
+        if self.device.backend.__module__.endswith("libusb1"):
+            check_driver = None
 
-        try:
-            check_driver = self.device.is_kernel_driver_active(0)
-        except NotImplementedError:
-            pass
-
-        if check_driver is None or check_driver:
             try:
-                self.device.detach_kernel_driver(0)
-            except usb.core.USBError as e:
-                if check_driver is not None:
-                    print("Could not detatch kernel driver: {0}".format(str(e)))
+                check_driver = self.device.is_kernel_driver_active(0)
+            except NotImplementedError:
+                pass
+
+            if check_driver is None or check_driver:
+                try:
+                    self.device.detach_kernel_driver(0)
+                except usb.core.USBError as e:
+                    if check_driver is not None:
+                        print("Could not detatch kernel driver: {0}".format(str(e)))
 
         try:
             self.device.set_configuration()