diff --git a/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/dosbatch.vim b/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/dosbatch.vim
index 637fc64..ed6ce4c 100644
--- a/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/dosbatch.vim
+++ b/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/dosbatch.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 " Stefans DOS-Batch-file plugin
 
+" formatting
+setlocal expandtab
+setlocal shiftwidth=4
+setlocal tabstop=4
+
 " commenting
 let b:commentstring = ":: "