diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index e3462a7..8837aa4 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ Style/StringLiteralsInInterpolation:
 
 Layout/LineLength:
   Max: 120
+Metrics/MethodLength:
+  Max: 12
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9808832..460a2f6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    jekyll-kroki (0.1.0)
+    jekyll-kroki (0.2.0)
       faraday (~> 2.7)
       faraday-retry (~> 2.2)
       jekyll (~> 4)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GEM
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     mercenary (0.4.0)
-    minitest (5.14.2)
+    minitest (5.20.0)
     nokogiri (1.15.4-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.23.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa43d11..a1ddd04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ jekyll-kroki:
 
 This is useful if you want to run a Kroki instance locally or your organisation maintains its own private Kroki server. `jekyll-kroki` will use the public Kroki instance https://kroki.io by default if a URL is not specified.
 
+### Security
+
+Embedding diagrams as SVGs directly within HTML files can be dangerous. You should only use a Kroki instance that you trust (or run your own!). For additional security, you can configure a [Content Security Policy (CSP)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) using custom Webrick headers in the Jekyll `_config.yml` file:
+
+```yaml
+webrick:
+  headers:
+    Content-Security-Policy: "Add a policy here"
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Bug reports and pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/kroki.rb b/lib/jekyll/kroki.rb
index 917671e..02d3392 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/kroki.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/kroki.rb
@@ -59,12 +59,29 @@ def embed_page(connection, parsed_doc)
       # @return [String] The rendered diagram in SVG format
       def render_diagram(connection, diagram_desc, language)
         begin
-          encoded_diagram = encode_diagram(diagram_desc.text)
-          response = connection.get("#{language}/svg/#{encoded_diagram}")
+          response = connection.get("#{language}/svg/#{encode_diagram(diagram_desc.text)}")
         rescue Faraday::Error => e
           raise e.response[:body]
         end
-        response.body
+        expected_content_type = "image/svg+xml"
+        returned_content_type = response.headers[:content_type]
+        if returned_content_type != expected_content_type
+          raise "Kroki returned an incorrect content type: " \
+                "expected '#{expected_content_type}', received '#{returned_content_type}'"
+
+        end
+        sanitise_diagram(response.body)
+      end
+
+      # Sanitises a rendered diagram. Only <script> elements are removed, which is the most minimal / naive
+      # implementation possible and is definitely not secure.
+      #
+      # @param [String] The diagram to santise in SVG format
+      # @return [String] The sanitized diagram in SVG format
+      def sanitise_diagram(diagram_svg)
+        parsed_svg = Nokogiri::XML(diagram_svg)
+        parsed_svg.xpath('//*[name()="script"]').each(&:remove)
+        parsed_svg.to_xml
       end
 
       # Encodes the diagram into Kroki format using deflate + base64.
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/kroki/version.rb b/lib/jekyll/kroki/version.rb
index f3458c9..94f118e 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/kroki/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/kroki/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module Jekyll
   class Kroki
-    VERSION = "0.1.0"
+    VERSION = "0.2.0"
   end
 end