diff --git a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
index 99fad25bd..c92f0f244 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class Xp_cmdshell:
             errMsg += "--tmp-path switch or you will not be able to retrieve "
             errMsg += "the commands output"
             logger.error(errMsg)
-	elif isNoneValue(output):
-	    logger.error("unable to retrieve xp_cmdshell output")
+        elif isNoneValue(output):
+            logger.error("unable to retrieve xp_cmdshell output")
         else:
             logger.info("xp_cmdshell extended procedure is usable")
 
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ class Xp_cmdshell:
                 self.delRemoteFile(self.tmpFile)
 
             query = "SELECT %s FROM %s ORDER BY id" % (self.tblField, self.cmdTblName)
+            output = None
 
-	    output = None
             if any(isTechniqueAvailable(_) for _ in (PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.UNION, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.ERROR, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.QUERY)) or conf.direct:
                 output = inject.getValue(query, resumeValue=False, blind=False, time=False)
 
-	    if (output is None) or len(output)==0 or output[0] is None:
+            if (output is None) or len(output)==0 or output[0] is None:
                 output = []
                 count = inject.getValue("SELECT COUNT(id) FROM %s" % self.cmdTblName, resumeValue=False, union=False, error=False, expected=EXPECTED.INT, charsetType=CHARSET_TYPE.DIGITS)