diff --git a/lib/bitter/formats/symphony.php b/lib/bitter/formats/symphony.php
index ff79cd3..df742f1 100755
--- a/lib/bitter/formats/symphony.php
+++ b/lib/bitter/formats/symphony.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 	
 	class BitterFormatSymphony extends BitterFormat {
-		protected $tabsize = 4;
+		protected $tabsize = 2;
 		protected $line = 1;
 		protected $output = '';
 		
@@ -19,19 +19,17 @@ public function process($source) {
 		}
 		
 		protected function processTabs() {
-			if (!function_exists('__expander')) eval("
-				function __expander(\$matches) {
-					return \$matches[1] . str_repeat(
-						' ', strlen(\$matches[2]) * {$this->tabsize} - (strlen(\$matches[1]) % {$this->tabsize})
-					);
-				}
-			");
-			
 			while (strstr($this->output, "\t")) {
-				$this->output = preg_replace_callback('%^([^\t\n]*)(\t+)%m', '__expander', $this->output);
+				$this->output = preg_replace_callback('%^([^\t]*)(\t+)%m', array($this, 'processTabsLine'), $this->output);
 			}
 		}
 		
+		protected function processTabsLine($matches) {
+			return $matches[1] . str_repeat(
+				' ', strlen($matches[2]) * $this->tabsize - (strlen($matches[1]) % $this->tabsize)
+			);
+		}
+		
 		protected function processLines() {
 			$tokens = preg_split('%(<span class=".*?">|</span>)%', $this->output, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
 			$stack = array(); $this->output = '';
@@ -56,9 +54,9 @@ protected function processLines() {
 					
 					foreach ($characters as $character) {
 						if ($character == "\n") {
-							$this->endLine();
-							
 							foreach ($stack as $alt_token) $this->output .= '</span>';
+							
+							$this->endLine();
 						}
 						
 						$this->output .= $character;