diff --git a/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py b/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
index c6b59e4..88572c9 100644
--- a/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
+++ b/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ def in_list(value, arg):
 def highlight(snippet):
     h = pygmentize(snippet.content, snippet.lexer)
     h = h.replace(u'  ', u'  ')
+    h = h.replace(u'\t', '    ')
     return h.splitlines()