diff --git a/encode.go b/encode.go
index 7a964a9..478eb56 100644
--- a/encode.go
+++ b/encode.go
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ type EncoderOptions struct {
 	Eol string
 	// Place braces on the same line
 	BracesSameLine bool
-	// Deprecated: Hjson always emits braces
+	// Emit braces for the root object
 	EmitRootBraces bool
 	// Always place string in quotes
 	QuoteAlways bool
+	// Place string in quotes if it could otherwise be a number, boolean or null
+	QuoteAmbiguousStrings bool
 	// Indent string
 	IndentBy string
+	// Base indentation string
+	BaseIndentation string
 	// Allow the -0 value (unlike ES6)
 	AllowMinusZero bool
 	// Encode unknown values as 'null'
@@ -39,7 +43,9 @@ func DefaultOptions() EncoderOptions {
 	opt.BracesSameLine = false
 	opt.EmitRootBraces = true
 	opt.QuoteAlways = false
+	opt.QuoteAmbiguousStrings = true
 	opt.IndentBy = "  "
+	opt.BaseIndentation = ""
 	opt.AllowMinusZero = false
 	opt.UnknownAsNull = false
 	return opt
@@ -97,9 +103,8 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) quote(value string, separator string, isRootObject bool)
 	if len(value) == 0 {
 		e.WriteString(separator + `""`)
 	} else if e.QuoteAlways ||
-		needsQuotes.MatchString(value) ||
-		startsWithNumber([]byte(value)) ||
-		startsWithKeyword.MatchString(value) {
+		needsQuotes.MatchString(value) || (e.QuoteAmbiguousStrings && (startsWithNumber([]byte(value)) ||
+		startsWithKeyword.MatchString(value))) {
 
 		// If the string contains no control characters, no quote characters, and no
 		// backslash characters, then we can safely slap some quotes around it.
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ func (s sortAlpha) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 func (e *hjsonEncoder) writeIndent(indent int) {
 	e.WriteString(e.Eol)
+	e.WriteString(e.BaseIndentation)
 	for i := 0; i < indent; i++ {
 		e.WriteString(e.IndentBy)
 	}
@@ -295,20 +301,25 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) str(value reflect.Value, noIndent bool, separator string,
 		}
 
 		indent1 := e.indent
-		e.indent++
-		if !noIndent && !e.BracesSameLine {
-			e.writeIndent(indent1)
-		} else {
-			e.WriteString(separator)
+		if !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+			if !noIndent && !e.BracesSameLine {
+				e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			} else {
+				e.WriteString(separator)
+			}
+
+			e.indent++
+			e.WriteString("{")
 		}
-		e.WriteString("{")
 
 		keys := value.MapKeys()
 		sort.Sort(sortAlpha(keys))
 
 		// Join all of the member texts together, separated with newlines
 		for i := 0; i < len; i++ {
-			e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			if i > 0 || !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+				e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			}
 			e.WriteString(e.quoteName(keys[i].String()))
 			e.WriteString(":")
 			if err := e.str(value.MapIndex(keys[i]), false, " ", false); err != nil {
@@ -316,8 +327,10 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) str(value reflect.Value, noIndent bool, separator string,
 			}
 		}
 
-		e.writeIndent(indent1)
-		e.WriteString("}")
+		if !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+			e.writeIndent(indent1)
+			e.WriteString("}")
+		}
 		e.indent = indent1
 
 	case reflect.Struct:
@@ -330,13 +343,16 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) str(value reflect.Value, noIndent bool, separator string,
 		}
 
 		indent1 := e.indent
-		e.indent++
-		if !noIndent && !e.BracesSameLine {
-			e.writeIndent(indent1)
-		} else {
-			e.WriteString(separator)
+		if !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+			if !noIndent && !e.BracesSameLine {
+				e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			} else {
+				e.WriteString(separator)
+			}
+
+			e.indent++
+			e.WriteString("{")
 		}
-		e.WriteString("{")
 
 		// Join all of the member texts together, separated with newlines
 		for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
@@ -366,11 +382,15 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) str(value reflect.Value, noIndent bool, separator string,
 			}
 			if len(jsonComment) > 0 {
 				for _, line := range strings.Split(jsonComment, e.Eol) {
-					e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+					if i > 0 || !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+						e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+					}
 					e.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# %s", line))
 				}
 			}
-			e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			if i > 0 || !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+				e.writeIndent(e.indent)
+			}
 			e.WriteString(e.quoteName(name))
 			e.WriteString(":")
 			if err := e.str(curField, false, " ", false); err != nil {
@@ -381,8 +401,10 @@ func (e *hjsonEncoder) str(value reflect.Value, noIndent bool, separator string,
 			}
 		}
 
-		e.writeIndent(indent1)
-		e.WriteString("}")
+		if !isRootObject || e.EmitRootBraces {
+			e.writeIndent(indent1)
+			e.WriteString("}")
+		}
 
 		e.indent = indent1
 
@@ -456,10 +478,13 @@ func MarshalWithOptions(v interface{}, options EncoderOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	e.indent = 0
 	e.Eol = options.Eol
 	e.BracesSameLine = options.BracesSameLine
+	e.EmitRootBraces = options.EmitRootBraces
 	e.QuoteAlways = options.QuoteAlways
+	e.QuoteAmbiguousStrings = options.QuoteAmbiguousStrings
 	e.IndentBy = options.IndentBy
+	e.BaseIndentation = options.BaseIndentation
 
-	err := e.str(reflect.ValueOf(v), true, "", true)
+	err := e.str(reflect.ValueOf(v), true, e.BaseIndentation, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/encode_test.go b/encode_test.go
index 8eddf9a..6011777 100644
--- a/encode_test.go
+++ b/encode_test.go
@@ -164,4 +164,75 @@ func TestEncodeSliceOfPtrOfPtrOfString(t *testing.T) {
 ]`)) {
 		t.Error("Marshaler interface error")
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func TestNoRootBraces(t *testing.T) {
+	input := struct {
+		Foo string
+	}{
+		Foo: "Bar",
+	}
+	opt := DefaultOptions()
+	opt.EmitRootBraces = false
+	buf, err := MarshalWithOptions(input, opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(buf, []byte(`Foo: Bar`)) {
+		t.Error("Encode struct with EmitRootBraces false")
+	}
+
+	theMap := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Foo": "Bar",
+	}
+	buf, err = MarshalWithOptions(theMap, opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(buf, []byte(`Foo: Bar`)) {
+		t.Error("Encode map with EmitRootBraces false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBaseIndentation(t *testing.T) {
+	input := struct {
+		Foo string
+	}{
+		Foo: "Bar",
+	}
+	facit := []byte(`   {
+     Foo: Bar
+   }`)
+	opt := DefaultOptions()
+	opt.BaseIndentation = "   "
+	buf, err := MarshalWithOptions(input, opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(buf, facit) {
+		t.Error("Encode with BaseIndentation, comparison:\n", string(buf), "\n", string(facit))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQuoteAmbiguousStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	theMap := map[string]interface{}{
+		"One":   "1",
+		"Null":  "null",
+		"False": "false",
+	}
+	facit := []byte(`{
+  False: false
+  Null: null
+  One: 1
+}`)
+	opt := DefaultOptions()
+	opt.QuoteAlways = false
+	opt.QuoteAmbiguousStrings = false
+	buf, err := MarshalWithOptions(theMap, opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(buf, facit) {
+		t.Error("Encode with QuoteAmbiguousStrings false, comparison:\n", string(buf), "\n", string(facit))
+	}
+}