diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 985e8f8..3363837 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@ Or to have your code be formatted upon saving your file, you could use something
 au BufWrite * :Autoformat
 ```
 
+To disable the fallback to vim's indent file, set the following variable to be 0.
+```vim
+let g:autoformat_autoindent = 0
+```
+
 For each filetype, vim-autoformat has a list of applicable formatters.
-If you have multiple formatters installed that are supported for some filetype, vim-autoformat just uses the first that occurs in this list of applicable formatters.
+If you have multiple formatters installed that are supported for some filetype, vim-autoformat tries all formatters in this list of applicable formatters, until one succeeds.
 You can either set this list manually in your vimrc (see section *How can I change the behaviour of formatters, or add one myself?*, or change the formatter with the highest priority by the commands `:NextFormatter` and `:PreviousFormatter`.
 If you have a composite filetype with dots (like `django.python` or `php.wordpress`), vim-autoformat first tries to detect and use formatters for the exact original filetype, and then tries the same for all supertypes occuring from left to right in the original filetype separated by dots (`.`).
 
diff --git a/plugin/autoformat.vim b/plugin/autoformat.vim
index f8577fd..e6fc31c 100644
--- a/plugin/autoformat.vim
+++ b/plugin/autoformat.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 " Function for finding the formatters for this filetype
 " Result is stored in b:formatters
+
+if !exists('g:autoformat_autoindent')
+    let g:autoformat_autoindent = 1
+endif
+
 function! s:find_formatters(...)
     " Detect verbosity
-    let verbose = &verbose || exists("g:autoformat_verbosemode")
+    let verbose = &verbose || g:autoformat_verbosemode == 1
 
     " Extract filetype to be used
     let ftype = a:0 ? a:1 : &filetype
@@ -60,8 +65,11 @@ endfunction
 function! s:TryAllFormatters(...) range
     " Make sure formatters are defined and detected
     if !call('<SID>find_formatters', a:000)
-        " No formatters defined, so autoindent code
-        exe "normal gg=G"
+        " No formatters defined
+        if g:autoformat_autoindent == 1
+            " Autoindent code
+            exe "normal gg=G"
+        endif
         return 0
     endif
 
@@ -107,8 +115,11 @@ function! s:TryAllFormatters(...) range
         endif
 
         if s:index == b:current_formatter_index
-            " Tried all formatters, none worked so autoindent code
-            exe "normal gg=G"
+            " Tried all formatters, none worked
+            if g:autoformat_autoindent == 1
+                " Autoindent code
+                exe "normal gg=G"
+            endif
             return 0
         endif
     endwhile
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ endfunction
 " +python version
 function! s:TryFormatterPython()
     " Detect verbosity
-    let verbose = &verbose || exists("g:autoformat_verbosemode")
+    let verbose = &verbose || g:autoformat_verbosemode == 1
 
 python << EOF
 import vim, subprocess, os
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ endfunction
 " +python3 version
 function! s:TryFormatterPython3()
     " Detect verbosity
-    let verbose = &verbose || exists("g:autoformat_verbosemode")
+    let verbose = &verbose || g:autoformat_verbosemode == 1
 
 python3 << EOF
 import vim, subprocess, os
diff --git a/plugin/defaults.vim b/plugin/defaults.vim
index 0414afd..cc36fa0 100644
--- a/plugin/defaults.vim
+++ b/plugin/defaults.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 "
-" This file contains all default format program definitions and links them to filetypes
+" This file contains default settings and all format program definitions and links these to filetypes
 "
 
 
+" Vim-autoformat configuration variables
+if !exists('g:autoformat_autoindent')
+    let g:autoformat_verbosemode = 0
+endif
+
+if !exists('g:autoformat_verbosemode')
+    let g:autoformat_verbosemode = 0
+endif
+
+
 " Python
 if !exists('g:formatdef_autopep8')
     let g:formatdef_autopep8 = '"autopep8 - --range ".a:firstline." ".a:lastline." ".(&textwidth ? "--max-line-length=".&textwidth : "")'