diff --git a/stepmania/src/CatalogXml.cpp b/stepmania/src/CatalogXml.cpp
index b5b13488a6..abd37578a4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CatalogXml.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/CatalogXml.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ void SaveCatalogXml()
 
 	DISP_OPT opts = optDefault;
 	opts.stylesheet = CATALOG_XSL;
+	opts.write_tabs = false;
 	xml.SaveToFile(fn, &opts);
 
 	LOG->Trace( "Done." );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
index 1516e25101..57f1c00a5a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ bool Profile::SaveAllToDir( CString sDir, bool bSignData ) const
 
 	DISP_OPT opts = optDefault;
 	opts.stylesheet = STATS_XSL;
+	opts.write_tabs = false;
 	bool bSaved = xml.SaveToFile(fn, &opts);
 	
 	// Update file cache, or else IsAFile in CryptManager won't see this new file.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
index d63db1ad4f..2668736987 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.cpp
@@ -511,9 +511,10 @@ bool XNode::GetXML( RageFile &f, DISP_OPT *opt /*= &optDefault*/ )
 		if( opt && opt->newline )
 			if( f.Write("\r\n") == -1 )
 				return false;
-		for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base ; i++)
-			if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
-				return false;
+		if( opt->write_tabs )
+			for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base ; i++)
+				if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
+					return false;
 	}
 
 	// <TAG
@@ -557,9 +558,10 @@ bool XNode::GetXML( RageFile &f, DISP_OPT *opt /*= &optDefault*/ )
 				if( opt && opt->newline )
 					if( f.Write("\r\n") == -1 )
 						return false;
-				for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base ; i++)
-					if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
-						return false;
+				if( opt->write_tabs )
+					for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base ; i++)
+						if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
+							return false;
 			}
 			if( f.Write((opt->reference_value&&opt->entitys?opt->entitys->Entity2Ref(value):value)) == -1 )
 				return false;
@@ -570,9 +572,10 @@ bool XNode::GetXML( RageFile &f, DISP_OPT *opt /*= &optDefault*/ )
 		{
 			if( f.Write("\r\n") == -1 )
 				return false;
-			for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base-1 ; i++)
-				if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
-					return false;
+			if( opt->write_tabs )
+				for( int i = 0 ; i < opt->tab_base-1 ; i++)
+					if( f.Write("\t") == -1 )
+						return false;
 		}
 		if( f.Write("</" + name + ">") == -1 )
 			return false;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
index c631027425..11dc464883 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/XmlFile.h
@@ -87,10 +87,19 @@ struct DISP_OPT
 	bool newline;			// newline when new tag
 	bool reference_value;	// do convert from entity to reference ( < -> &lt; )
 	XENTITYS	*entitys;	// entity table for entity encode
-	CString stylesheet;		// empty string = none
+	CString stylesheet;		// empty string = no stylesheet
+	bool write_tabs;		// if false, don't write tab indent characters
 
 	int tab_base;			// internal usage
-	DISP_OPT() { newline = true; reference_value = true; entitys = &entityDefault; tab_base = 0; }
+	DISP_OPT()
+	{
+		newline = true;
+		reference_value = true;
+		entitys = &entityDefault;
+		stylesheet = "";
+		write_tabs = true;
+		tab_base = 0;
+	}
 };
 extern DISP_OPT optDefault;