diff --git a/R/add_indent.R b/R/add_indent.R
index 25448b5..adc4b18 100644
--- a/R/add_indent.R
+++ b/R/add_indent.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #' add_indent(x, c(2, 4))
 #'
 #' @export
-add_indent <- function(kable_input, positions) {
+add_indent <- function(kable_input, positions, no_of_indent) {
   if (!is.numeric(positions)) {
     stop("Positions can only take numeric row numbers (excluding header rows).")
   }
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
     return(kable_input)
   }
   if (kable_format == "html") {
-    return(add_indent_html(kable_input, positions))
+    return(add_indent_html(kable_input, positions, no_of_indent))
   }
   if (kable_format == "latex") {
-    return(add_indent_latex(kable_input, positions))
+    return(add_indent_latex(kable_input, positions, no_of_indent))
   }
 }
 
 # Add indentation for LaTeX
-add_indent_latex <- function(kable_input, positions) {
+add_indent_latex <- function(kable_input, positions, no_of_indent) {
   table_info <- magic_mirror(kable_input)
   out <- solve_enc(kable_input)
 
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
 }
 
 latex_indent_unit <- function(rowtext) {
-  paste0("\\\\hspace\\{1em\\}", rowtext)
+  paste0("\\\\hspace\\{",no_of_indent*2,"em\\}", rowtext)
 }
 
 # Add indentation for HTML
-add_indent_html <- function(kable_input, positions) {
+add_indent_html <- function(kable_input, positions, no_of_indent) {
   kable_attrs <- attributes(kable_input)
 
   kable_xml <- read_kable_as_xml(kable_input)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     node_to_edit <- xml_child(xml_children(kable_tbody)[[i]], 1)
     if (!xml_has_attr(node_to_edit, "indentlevel")) {
       xml_attr(node_to_edit, "style") <- paste(
-        xml_attr(node_to_edit, "style"), "padding-left: 2em;"
+        xml_attr(node_to_edit, "style"), "padding-left: ",paste0(no_of_indent*2,"em;")
       )
       xml_attr(node_to_edit, "indentlevel") <- 1
     } else {