diff --git a/src/python_minifier/module_printer.py b/src/python_minifier/module_printer.py
index 0e8468d..662445e 100644
--- a/src/python_minifier/module_printer.py
+++ b/src/python_minifier/module_printer.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ModulePrinter(ExpressionPrinter):
 
     def __init__(self, indent_char='\t'):
         super(ModulePrinter, self).__init__()
-        self.indent_char = indent_char
+        self.printer.indent_char = indent_char
 
     def __call__(self, module):
         """
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ def __call__(self, module):
         self.visit_Module(module)
         # On Python 2.7, preserve unicode strings to avoid encoding issues
         code = unicode(self.printer) if sys.version_info[0] < 3 else str(self.printer)
-        return code.rstrip('\n' + self.indent_char + ';')
+        return code.rstrip('\n' + self.printer.indent_char + ';')
 
     @property
     def code(self):
         # On Python 2.7, preserve unicode strings to avoid encoding issues
         code = unicode(self.printer) if sys.version_info[0] < 3 else str(self.printer)
-        return code.rstrip('\n' + self.indent_char + ';')
+        return code.rstrip('\n' + self.printer.indent_char + ';')
 
     # region Simple Statements
 
diff --git a/src/python_minifier/token_printer.py b/src/python_minifier/token_printer.py
index 32f2d48..acde3f8 100644
--- a/src/python_minifier/token_printer.py
+++ b/src/python_minifier/token_printer.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def __init__(self, prefer_single_line=False, allow_invalid_num_warnings=False):
         self.indent = 0
         self.unicode_literals = False
         self.previous_token = TokenTypes.NoToken
+        self.indent_char = '\t'
 
     def __str__(self):
         """Return the output code."""
@@ -287,9 +288,9 @@ def newline(self):
         if self._code == '':
             return
 
-        self._code = self._code.rstrip('\n\t;')
+        self._code = self._code.rstrip('\n;' + self.indent_char)
         self._code += '\n'
-        self._code += '\t' * self.indent
+        self._code += self.indent_char * self.indent
 
         self.previous_token = TokenTypes.NewLine