diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/EditorTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/EditorTab.java
index c2fdbb9b4..875c5446a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/EditorTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/EditorTab.java
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public class EditorTab extends JPanel implements SketchFile.TextStorage {
     textArea.setMarkOccurrences(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.advanced"));
     textArea.setMarginLineEnabled(false);
     textArea.setCodeFoldingEnabled(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.code_folding"));
+    textArea.setAutoIndentEnabled(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.indent"));
     textArea.setAntiAliasingEnabled(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.antialias"));
     textArea.setTabsEmulated(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.tabs.expand"));
     textArea.setTabSize(PreferencesData.getInteger("editor.tabs.size"));