diff --git a/src/djlint/helpers.py b/src/djlint/helpers.py
index 014f7a6..0bc82a2 100644
--- a/src/djlint/helpers.py
+++ b/src/djlint/helpers.py
@@ -148,8 +148,14 @@ def inside_ignored_rule(config: Config, html: str, match: re.Match, rule: str) -
         ):
             if (
                 rule in list(set(re.split(r"\s|,", ignored_match.group(1).strip())))
-                and ignored_match.start(0) <= match.start()
-                and match.end(0) <= ignored_match.end()
+                and (
+                    ignored_match.start(0) <= match.start()
+                    and match.start() <= ignored_match.end()
+                )
+                or (
+                    ignored_match.start(0) <= match.end()
+                    and match.end() <= ignored_match.end()
+                )
             ):
                 return True
     return False
diff --git a/tests/test_linter/test_linter.py b/tests/test_linter/test_linter.py
index 92579d5..9e53cb3 100644
--- a/tests/test_linter/test_linter.py
+++ b/tests/test_linter/test_linter.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ run::
 
    # for a single test
 
-   pytest tests/test_linter/test_linter.py::test_T001
+   pytest tests/test_linter/test_linter.py::test_ignoring_rules
 
 """
 # pylint: disable=C0116,C0103
@@ -897,3 +897,20 @@ def test_ignoring_rules(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     )
     result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
     assert "H025" not in result.output
+
+    # using tabs
+    write_to_file(
+        tmp_file.name,
+        b"""<div>
+
+\t\t{# djlint:off H006 #}
+
+\t\t<img src="{{ kira_variable }}.webp" alt="Kira Goddess!" />
+
+\t\t{# djlint:on #}
+
+</div>
+""",
+    )
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert "H006" not in result.output