diff --git a/after/ftplugin/lua.vim b/after/ftplugin/lua.vim
index 62a5174..b611326 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/lua.vim
+++ b/after/ftplugin/lua.vim
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 " Disable inserting comment leader after hitting o or O
 set formatoptions-=o
+
+set tabstop=2       " number of visual spaces per TAB
+set softtabstop=2   " number of spaces in tab when editing
+set shiftwidth=2    " number of spaces to use for autoindent
+set expandtab       " expand tab to spaces so that tabs are spaces