diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index d496380..df2ccae 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -670,13 +670,23 @@
   :vc (:fetcher github :repo jdtsmith/indent-bars)
   :custom
   (indent-bars-treesit-support t)
-  (indent-bars-no-descend-string t)
   (indent-bars-treesit-ignore-blank-lines-types '("module"))
   (indent-bars-treesit-wrap '((python argument_list parameters ; for python, as an example
-				      list list_comprehension
-				      dictionary dictionary_comprehension
-				      parenthesized_expression subscript)))
-  :hook ((python-base-mode yaml-base yaml-ts-mode) . indent-bars-mode))
+				                      list list_comprehension
+				                      dictionary dictionary_comprehension
+				                      parenthesized_expression subscript)))
+  (indent-bars-color '(highlight :face-bg t :blend 0.15))
+  (indent-bars-pattern ".")
+  (indent-bars-width-frac 0.2)
+  (indent-bars-highlight-current-depth '(:blend 0.5))
+  :hook ((python-base-mode yaml-base yaml-ts-mode) . indent-bars-mode)
+  :config
+  (advice-add
+   'indent-bars--guess-spacing :around
+   (lambda (oldfun)
+     (if (and (derived-mode-p 'python-base-mode) (boundp 'python-indent-offset))
+         python-indent-offset
+       (oldfun)))))
 
 (use-package editorconfig :ensure t :demand
   :delight