diff --git a/lib/ace/editor.js b/lib/ace/editor.js
index 957f8448..69d5f5d9 100644
--- a/lib/ace/editor.js
+++ b/lib/ace/editor.js
@@ -430,8 +430,10 @@ var Editor =function(renderer, session) {
         this.moveCursorToPosition(end);
         
         var lineState = this.bgTokenizer.getState(cursor.row);
-        // multi line insert
-        if (cursor.row !== end.row) {
+        // TODO disabled multiline auto indent
+        // possibly doing the indent before inserting the text
+        // if (cursor.row !== end.row) {
+        if (this.session.getDocument().isNewLine(text)) {
             var size        = this.session.getTabSize(),
                 minIndent   = Number.MAX_VALUE;