diff --git a/src/asammdf/gui/utils.py b/src/asammdf/gui/utils.py
index c125cc58b..0efd5cd39 100644
--- a/src/asammdf/gui/utils.py
+++ b/src/asammdf/gui/utils.py
@@ -490,10 +490,26 @@ def compute_signal(
                 f"{description['function']} not found in the user defined functions",
             )
 
+            import bisect
+            import collections
+            import itertools
+            import random
+            import struct
+
+            _builtins = dict(collections.__builtins__)
+            for key in ("breakpoint", "compile", "eval", "exec", "input", "open", "__import__"):
+                del _builtins[key]
+
             _globals = {
+                "bisect": bisect,
+                "collections": collections,
+                "itertools": itertools,
                 "math": math,
                 "np": np,
                 "pd": pd,
+                "random": random,
+                "struct": struct,
+                "__builtins__": _builtins,
             }
 
             for function_name, definition in functions.items():
diff --git a/src/asammdf/version.py b/src/asammdf/version.py
index 38581531a..5e36b1e0d 100644
--- a/src/asammdf/version.py
+++ b/src/asammdf/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ asammdf version module """
 
-__version__ = "8.0.0.dev17"
+__version__ = "8.0.0.dev18"