diff --git a/lua/chadrc.lua b/lua/chadrc.lua
index 8a35f0f..0f7ad7e 100644
--- a/lua/chadrc.lua
+++ b/lua/chadrc.lua
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ M.options = {
    permanent_undo = true,
    shiftwidth = 2,
    smartindent = true,
+   tabstop = 8, -- Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for
    timeoutlen = 400,
    relativenumber = false,
    ruler = false,
diff --git a/lua/core/options.lua b/lua/core/options.lua
index 5882103..149d556 100644
--- a/lua/core/options.lua
+++ b/lua/core/options.lua
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ opt.ruler = options.ruler
 
 -- disable nvim intro
 opt.shortmess:append "sI"
+
 opt.signcolumn = "yes"
 opt.splitbelow = true
 opt.splitright = true
+opt.tabstop = options.tabstop
 opt.termguicolors = true
 opt.timeoutlen = options.timeoutlen
 opt.undofile = options.permanent_undo
diff --git a/lua/default_config.lua b/lua/default_config.lua
index 64c76a6..08df822 100644
--- a/lua/default_config.lua
+++ b/lua/default_config.lua
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ M.options = {
    permanent_undo = true,
    shiftwidth = 2,
    smartindent = true,
+   tabstop = 8, -- Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for
    timeoutlen = 400,
    relativenumber = false,
    ruler = false,