diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/base.rb b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/base.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/base.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module Alchemy
       end
 
       def load_alchemy_yaml(name)
-        YAML.safe_load(ERB.new(File.read("#{Rails.root}/config/alchemy/#{name}")).result, [Regexp], [], true)
+        YAML.safe_load(ERB.new(File.read("#{Rails.root}/config/alchemy/#{name}")).result, [Date, Regexp, Symbol], [], true)
       rescue Errno::ENOENT
         puts "\nERROR: Could not read config/alchemy/#{name} file. Please run: rails generate alchemy:scaffold"
       end
Allow Date, Regexp and Symbol in YAML.safe_load in generators

Date and Symbol values are quite common as default values for contents in the element definitions, so these types need to be allowed when the element generator parses them.