--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_indent.py	Sun Feb 23 14:48:40 2014 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from textshaper.indent import indent
+
+class TestIndentation(unittest.TestCase):
+    """test textshaper indentation functionality"""
+
+    def test_indent(self):
+        text = """The quick brown fox
+  jumped over
+    the lazy dog."""
+
+        self.assertEqual(indent(text, indentation=4), """    The quick brown fox
+      jumped over
+        the lazy dog.""")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

--- a/textshaper/indent.py	Sun Feb 23 14:29:44 2014 -0800
+++ b/textshaper/indent.py	Sun Feb 23 14:48:40 2014 -0800
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
+from .decorator import lines
 
+@lines
 def indent(text, indentation=4, space=' ', strict=False):
     """
     indent a block of text