diff --git a/lua/misc-utils.lua b/lua/misc-utils.lua
index 3fb8d2a..86285c9 100644
--- a/lua/misc-utils.lua
+++ b/lua/misc-utils.lua
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ function M.has_width_gt(cols)
     -- Check if the windows width is greater than a given number of columns
     return vim.fn.winwidth(0) / 2 > cols
 end
-
+-- file extension specific tabbing
+vim.cmd([[autocmd Filetype python setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4]])
+vim.cmd([[autocmd Filetype bash setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4]])
 return M