diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index a4ec05a..17a224f 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-BUILD		?=		cmake -B build -G Ninja
-NONUITKA ?=	cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_MODULES="plugin;shell;m3shapes"
-NINJA		?=		ninja -C build
-COMPILE		?=		$(BUILD) && $(NINJA)
-INSTALL		?=		$(BUILD) && $(NINJA) && sudo ninja -C build install
+BUILD ?= cmake -B build -G Ninja
+NONUITKA ?= cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_MODULES="plugin;shell;m3shapes"
+NINJA ?= ninja -C build
+COMPILE ?= $(BUILD) && $(NINJA)
+INSTALL ?= $(BUILD) && $(NINJA) && sudo ninja -C build install
 
-CPPFMT ?=		find . \( -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h' -o -name '*.hpp' \) -not -path './build/*' -exec clang-format -i --style=file {} +
-CPPLINT ?=		run-clang-tidy -p build -j "$$(nproc)" -source-filter="^$$(pwd)/Plugins/" -header-filter=".*Plugins/.*" -removed-arg=-mno-direct-extern-access
+CPPFMT ?= find . \( -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h' -o -name '*.hpp' \) -not -path './build/*' -exec clang-format -i --style=file {} +
+CPPLINT ?= run-clang-tidy -p build -j "$$(nproc)" -source-filter="^$$(pwd)/Plugins/" -header-filter=".*Plugins/.*" -removed-arg=-mno-direct-extern-access
 
-NUITKA ?=		nuitka --module --include-package=zshell cli/src/zshell/ --output-dir=cli/
+NUITKA ?= nuitka --module --include-package=zshell cli/src/zshell/ --output-dir=cli/
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "check-cpp		runs all C++ checks"
 	@echo "check-py		runs all Python checks"
 	@echo "check-rs		runs all Rust checks"
+	@echo "fmt-make		formats the makefile using mbake (in case you like spaces instead of tabs)"
 
 build:
 	$(BUILD)
@@ -104,3 +105,6 @@ check-py:
 	$(MAKE) py-test
 	$(MAKE) py-check
 	$(MAKE) py-compile
+
+fmt-make:
+	mbake format makefile