diff --git a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
index 7994dde99..9fffd7bf0 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
+++ b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ sub do_install_config_json {
 	$config->{"server"}{"database"}{"db"} = $db_name;
 	
 	$json->canonical(1);
+	$json->indent_length(5);
 	
 	open(my $fh, '>', 'eqemu_config.json');
 	print $fh $json->pretty->utf8->encode($config);