diff --git a/.indent b/.indent
index ee47a1e91..cb5ef268a 100755
--- a/.indent
+++ b/.indent
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 for file in $(find -type f | grep -v Makefile | grep -v .git | grep -v refresults | grep -v kiwiTestRepo ); do
   mode=$(stat -c %a $file)
-  expand -t 2 $file > $file.tmp && mv $file.tmp $file
+  expand -t 4 $file > $file.tmp && mv $file.tmp $file
   chmod $mode $file
 done
 rm modules/KIWISchema.rng
 make modules/KIWISchema.rng
-
-sed -i -e 's@\	@\ \ \ \ @' xsl/pretty.xsl
-sed -i -e 's@\	@\ \ \ \ @' xsl/print.xsl
diff --git a/xsl/pretty.xsl b/xsl/pretty.xsl
index e16954336..690971b27 100644
--- a/xsl/pretty.xsl
+++ b/xsl/pretty.xsl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   encoding="utf-8"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
 
-<xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="'&#32;&#32;'"/>
+<xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="'&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;'"/>
 
 <xsl:template name="newline">
   <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
diff --git a/xsl/print.xsl b/xsl/print.xsl
index be99a8ff2..75ee6a15b 100644
--- a/xsl/print.xsl
+++ b/xsl/print.xsl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <xsl:apply-templates mode="pretty"/>
 </xsl:template>
 
-<xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="'&#32;&#32;'"/>
+<xsl:param name="indent-increment" select="'&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;'"/>
 
 <xsl:template name="newline">
   <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>