diff --git a/chrome/content/scaffold/monaco/monaco.html b/chrome/content/scaffold/monaco/monaco.html
index c329415144..c8fe052d17 100644
--- a/chrome/content/scaffold/monaco/monaco.html
+++ b/chrome/content/scaffold/monaco/monaco.html
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 					minimap: { enabled: false },
 					// Clicking links doesn't actually work, so disable them (for now)
 					links: false,
+					insertSpaces: false,
+					detectIndentation: false,
 					...params
 				});
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/scaffold/scaffold.js b/chrome/content/scaffold/scaffold.js
index 114e983c5e..50f020fb42 100644
--- a/chrome/content/scaffold/scaffold.js
+++ b/chrome/content/scaffold/scaffold.js
@@ -271,10 +271,6 @@ var Scaffold = new function () {
 	this.initCodeEditor = async function () {
 		let monaco = _editors.codeGlobal, editor = _editors.code;
 
-		editor.getModel().updateOptions({
-			insertSpaces: false
-		});
-
 		editor.updateOptions({
 			lineNumbers: num => num + _linesOfMetadata - 1,
 		});