diff --git a/setup-proxy.in b/setup-proxy.in
index f92b3239253ec7d6ea42f79346faf19568d93cbb..3c829f4fa67c556c37b2a026e3693072d8609924 100644
--- a/setup-proxy.in
+++ b/setup-proxy.in
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ if [ -z "$proxyurl" ]; then
 	rm -f "$PROFILE"
 else
 	mkdir -p "${PROFILE%/*}"
-	cat >"$PROFILE" <<__EOF__
-# this file was generated with and might get overwritten by setup-proxy
+	cat >"$PROFILE" <<-__EOF__
+		# this file was generated with and might get overwritten by setup-proxy
 
-export http_proxy=$proxyurl
-export https_proxy=$proxyurl
-export ftp_proxy=$proxyurl
-__EOF__
+		export http_proxy=$proxyurl
+		export https_proxy=$proxyurl
+		export ftp_proxy=$proxyurl
+	__EOF__
 fi
 
 [ -e "$PROFILE" ] || exit 1