diff --git a/gdocs.js b/gdocs.js
index 7c7f335b..4e5c2ee0 100755
--- a/gdocs.js
+++ b/gdocs.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ function download(name, url) {
       function(data){
         data = data.replace('\ufeff', '');
         data = data.replace(/\r\n/mg, '\n');
+        data = data.replace(/^ /mg, '  '); //for some reason gdocs drop first space for indented lines
 
         // strip out all text annotation comments
         data = data.replace(/^\[a\][\S\s]*/m, '');