diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 40d6823a0f..45582ca11c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 }
 
 try:
-    compat_str = unicode # Python 2
+	compat_str = unicode # Python 2
 except NameError:
-    compat_str = str
+	compat_str = str
 
 def preferredencoding():
 	"""Get preferred encoding.