diff --git a/ftplugin/nimrod.vim b/ftplugin/nimrod.vim
index 710b53e..8a38962 100644
--- a/ftplugin/nimrod.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/nimrod.vim
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ setlocal comments=:##,:#
 setlocal commentstring=#\ %s
 setlocal omnifunc=NimComplete
 setlocal suffixesadd=.nim 
+setlocal expandtab  "Make sure that only spaces are used
 
 compiler nimrod
 
diff --git a/syntax/nimrod.vim b/syntax/nimrod.vim
index 88f9c72..0de7c6b 100644
--- a/syntax/nimrod.vim
+++ b/syntax/nimrod.vim
@@ -185,4 +185,3 @@ endif
 
 let b:current_syntax = "nimrod"
 
-setlocal expandtab  "Make sure that only spaces are used