diff --git a/Data/AppSettings.hs b/Data/AppSettings.hs
--- a/Data/AppSettings.hs
+++ b/Data/AppSettings.hs
@@ -233,14 +233,15 @@
 --
 --  There is also another technique that you can use if you have too long
 --  lines: you can put line breaks in the setting values if you start the
---  following lines with spaces, like so:
+--  following lines with a leading space, like so:
 --
 --  > testList=["list1",
---  >   "list2", "list3"]
+--  >  "list2", "list3"]
 --
---   In that case don't use the ListSetting option. Also keep the leading
---   spaces consistent in the continuing lines. Note that the library will
---   automatically wrap settings longer than 80 characters when saving.
+--  In that case don't use the ListSetting option. Any character after the
+--  the leading space in the next lines will go in the setting value. Note
+--  that the library will automatically wrap setting values longer than 80
+--  characters when saving.
 --
 -- Once we declared the settings, we can read the configuration
 -- from disk (and your settings module should export your wrapper
diff --git a/Data/Serialization.hs b/Data/Serialization.hs
--- a/Data/Serialization.hs
+++ b/Data/Serialization.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 import System.Directory (doesFileExist, copyFile)
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+import Data.Maybe
 
 data SettingInfo = SettingInfo { value :: String, userSet :: Bool } deriving (Show, Eq)
 
@@ -62,16 +63,18 @@
 	-- key=value, however we support a little bit more,
 	-- you can do something like that:
 	-- key=[1,2,
-	--      3,4,
-	--      5, 6]
-	--  In that case the value will be
+	--  3,4,
+	--  5, 6]
+	-- In that case the value will be
 	--  "[1,2,3,4,5, 6]"
-	blanks <- many $ oneOf " \t"
-	fullVal <- if null blanks
+	--  => we can continue a setting on the next
+	--  line if that lines starts with a leading space.
+	blank <- optionMaybe $ string " "
+	fullVal <- if isNothing blank
 		then return val
 		else do
 			firstExtraLine <- finishLine
-			rest <- concat <$> many (lineSkipSpaces $ length blanks)
+			rest <- concat <$> many (string " " >> finishLine)
 			return $ val ++ firstExtraLine ++ rest
 	return $ ConfigEntry key fullVal
 
@@ -81,15 +84,8 @@
 	many1 $ oneOf "\r\n"
 	return result
 
-lineSkipSpaces :: Int -> T.GenParser st String
-lineSkipSpaces spaceCount = do
-	count spaceCount (oneOf "\t ")
-	result <- finishLine
-	return result
-
 emptyLine :: T.GenParser st ConfigElement
 emptyLine = do
-	many $ oneOf " \t"
 	many1 $ oneOf "\r\n"
 	return Comment
 
@@ -110,5 +106,5 @@
 wrap :: String -> String
 wrap str = if null rest
 		then str
-		else first ++ "\n  " ++ wrap rest
+		else first ++ "\n " ++ wrap rest
 	where (first, rest) = splitAt 80 str
diff --git a/app-settings.cabal b/app-settings.cabal
--- a/app-settings.cabal
+++ b/app-settings.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                app-settings
-version:             0.2.0.4
+version:             0.2.0.5
 synopsis:            A library to manage application settings (INI file-like)
 description:         
   A library to deal with application settings.
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@
   .
   There is also another technique that you can use if you have too long
   lines: you can put line breaks in the setting values if you start the
-  following lines with spaces, like so:
+  following lines with a leading space, like so:
   .
   > testList=["list1",
-  >   "list2", "list3"]
+  >  "list2", "list3"]
   .
-  In that case don't use the ListSetting option. Also keep the leading
-  spaces consistent in the continuing lines. Note that the library will
-  automatically wrap setting values longer than 80 characters when saving.
+  In that case don't use the ListSetting option. Any character after the
+  the leading space in the next lines will go in the setting value. Note
+  that the library will automatically wrap setting values longer than 80
+  characters when saving.
   .
   Once we declared the settings, we can read the configuration
   from disk (and your settings module should export your wrapper
diff --git a/tests/Tests.hs b/tests/Tests.hs
--- a/tests/Tests.hs
+++ b/tests/Tests.hs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	readResult <- try $ readSettings (Path "tests/longsetting.conf") 
 	case readResult of 
 		Right (_, GetSetting getVal) -> do
-			let expected = replicate 20 "longstring"
+			let expected = replicate 20 "long      string"
 			let actual = getVal testInlineList
 			assertEqual "doesn't match" expected actual
 		Left (x :: SomeException) -> assertBool (show x) False
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	readResult <- try $ readSettings (Path "tests/partial.config") 
 	case readResult of 
 		Right (conf, _) -> do
-			let conf1 = setSetting conf testInlineList $ replicate 20 "longstring"
+			let conf1 = setSetting conf testInlineList $ replicate 20 "long      string"
 			saveSettings defaultConfig (Path "xx.config") conf1
 			expected <- readFile "tests/longsetting.conf"
 			actual <- readFile "xx.config"