diff --git a/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index a2dd032f8ea..9c8cc443f99 100644
--- a/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 
 	set("text_editor/tab_size", 4);
 	hints["text_editor/tab_size"]=PropertyInfo(Variant::INT,"text_editor/tab_size",PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE,"1, 64, 1"); // size of 0 crashes.
+	set("text_editor/draw_tabs", true);
 
 	set("text_editor/idle_parse_delay",2);
 	set("text_editor/create_signal_callbacks",true);
diff --git a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 7fe0e6e9de2..376ba5274a0 100644
--- a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ void ScriptTextEditor::_bind_methods() {
 
 ScriptTextEditor::ScriptTextEditor() {
 
-	get_text_edit()->set_draw_tabs(true);
 }
 
 /*** SCRIPT EDITOR ******/
@@ -1931,6 +1930,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::edit(const Ref<Script>& p_script) {
 	ste->get_text_edit()->set_scroll_pass_end_of_file(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/scroll_past_end_of_file"));
 	ste->get_text_edit()->set_auto_brace_completion(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/auto_brace_complete"));
 	ste->get_text_edit()->set_tab_size(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/tab_size"));
+	ste->get_text_edit()->set_draw_tabs(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/draw_tabs"));
 	ste->get_text_edit()->set_highlight_all_occurrences(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/highlight_all_occurrences"));
 	ste->get_text_edit()->set_callhint_settings(
 		EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/put_callhint_tooltip_below_current_line"),
@@ -2070,6 +2070,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::_editor_settings_changed() {
 		ste->get_text_edit()->set_auto_brace_completion(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/auto_brace_complete"));
 		ste->get_text_edit()->set_scroll_pass_end_of_file(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/scroll_past_end_of_file"));
 		ste->get_text_edit()->set_tab_size(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/tab_size"));
+		ste->get_text_edit()->set_draw_tabs(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/draw_tabs"));
 		ste->get_text_edit()->set_highlight_all_occurrences(EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/highlight_all_occurrences"));
 	}