diff --git a/nanorc b/nanorc
index d8b070e..14d7b4d 100644
--- a/nanorc
+++ b/nanorc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ set speller "hunspell"
 ## (The old form of this option, 'set suspend', is deprecated.)
 
 ## Use this tab size instead of the default; it must be greater than 0.
-# set tabsize 8
+set tabsize 4
 
 ## Convert typed tabs to spaces.
 # set tabstospaces