diff --git a/mode/perl.py b/mode/perl.py
index b2a9c8d..3bbe9f2 100644
--- a/mode/perl.py
+++ b/mode/perl.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class PerlGrammar(Grammar):
         PatternRule('eol', r"\n$"),
     ]
 
-class PerlTabber2(StackTabber2):
+class PerlTabber(StackTabber2):
     is_ignored_tokens = ('spaces', 'eol', 'perl.comment')
     open_tokens       = {'delimiter': {'{': '}', '(': ')', '[': ']'}}
     close_tokens      = {'delimiter': {'}': '{', ')': '(', ']': '['}}
@@ -265,11 +265,16 @@ class PerlTabber2(StackTabber2):
     end_at_tokens     = {'delimiter': {';': 1}}
     nocontinue_tokens = {'delimiter': {';': 1, ',': 1, '}': 1},
                          'perl.heredoc.end': 1,
-                         'perl.evaldoc.end': 1, 'perl.pod.end': 1}
-    start_free_tokens  = {'perl.string.start': 1, 'perl.pod.start': 1,
-                          'perl.heredoc.start': 1, 'perl.evaldoc.start': 1}
-    end_free_tokens    = {'perl.string.end': 1, 'perl.pod.end': 1,
-                          'perl.heredoc.end': 1,  'perl.evaldoc.start': 1}
+                         'perl.evaldoc.end': 1,
+                         'perl.pod.end': 1}
+    start_free_tokens  = {'perl.string.start': 1,
+                          'perl.pod.start': 1,
+                          'perl.heredoc.start': 1,
+                          'perl.evaldoc.start': 1}
+    end_free_tokens    = {'perl.string.end': 1,
+                          'perl.pod.end': 1,
+                          'perl.heredoc.end': 1,
+                          'perl.evaldoc.start': 1}
 
 class PerlSetLib(Method):
     '''Set the path(s) to find perl modules'''
@@ -718,9 +723,8 @@ class PerlContext(context.Context):
 class Perl(Fundamental):
     name        = 'Perl'
     extensions  = ['.pl', '.pm', '.pod']
-    #detection   = ['perl']
     detection   = [re.compile('^#!(?:.+/)?perl')]
-    tabbercls   = PerlTabber2
+    tabbercls   = PerlTabber
     grammar     = PerlGrammar
     commentc    = '#'
     opentokens  = ('delimiter',)
diff --git a/tab.py b/tab.py
index ad3eeb8..33ddeb4 100644
--- a/tab.py
+++ b/tab.py
@@ -411,7 +411,11 @@ class StackTabber2(Tabber):
         if i == end - start or self.fixed_indent:
             level = self._get_next_level()
         else:
-            level = tokens[i + 1].x + 1
+            level = tokens[i + 1].x
+            # i'm not sure why this is necessary; seems like there is a bug
+            # somewhere else that this is compensating for.
+            if self.curr_level > 0:
+                level += 1
         self._append(t.string, t.name, level, y)
 
     def _handle_other_token(self, y, tokens, start, end, i, t):