diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 295d548..074f3e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ input
 output {
     jdbc {
         connection_string => "jdbc:mariadb://HOSTNAME/DATABASE?user=USER&password=PASSWORD"
-	statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "host", "@timestamp", "message" ]
+        statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "host", "@timestamp", "message" ]
     }
 
 }