diff --git a/admin/class-pods-export-code.php b/admin/class-pods-export-code.php
index 0e4bc6e..4134107 100644
--- a/admin/class-pods-export-code.php
+++ b/admin/class-pods-export-code.php
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ public function pods_export_code () {
 		echo "function {$function}() {\n\n";
 
 		foreach ( $pod_names as $this_pod ) {
-			$code_output = $export_to_code->export_pod( $this_pod );
-			echo preg_replace( "/ {2}/", "\t", $code_output );
+			echo $export_to_code->export_pod( $this_pod );
 		}
 
 		echo "}\n";
diff --git a/admin/classes/pods-export-code-api.php b/admin/classes/pods-export-code-api.php
index 8760f62..a8fe855 100644
--- a/admin/classes/pods-export-code-api.php
+++ b/admin/classes/pods-export-code-api.php
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ public function export_pod( $pod_name ) {
 		}
 
 		// Output the pods_register_type() call
-		$output .= sprintf( "\t\$pod = %s;\n\n", preg_replace( '/\d+ => /', '', var_export( $pod, true ) ) );
+		$output .= sprintf( "\t\$pod = %s;\n\n", $this->var_export_format( $pod, 1 ) );
 		$output .= "\tpods_register_type( \$pod[ 'type' ], \$pod[ 'name' ], \$pod );\n\n";
 
 		// Output a pods_register_field() call for each field
 		foreach ( $fields as $this_field ) {
-			$output .= sprintf( "\t\$field = %s;\n\n", preg_replace( '/\d+ => /', '', var_export( $this_field, true ) ) );
+			$output .= sprintf( "\t\$field = %s;\n\n", preg_replace( '/\d+ => /', '', $this->var_export_format( $this_field, 1 ) ) );
 			$output .= "\tpods_register_field( \$pod[ 'name' ], \$field[ 'name' ], \$field );\n\n";
 		}
 
@@ -195,4 +195,33 @@ public function export_pod( $pod_name ) {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param mixed $var
+	 * @param int $leading_tabs
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function var_export_format( $var, $leading_tabs = 0 ) {
+		$var = var_export( $var, true );
+		$leading_tabs = str_repeat( "\t", $leading_tabs );
+
+		// Convert params like 0 => 'Option 1' to just 'Option 1'
+		$var = preg_replace( '/\d+ => /', '', $var );
+
+		$output = '';
+		foreach( preg_split('~[\r\n]+~', $var ) as $line ){
+
+			// Skip blank lines
+			if( empty($line) || ctype_space( $line ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			// Leading tabs plus replace double spaces with tabs
+			$output .= sprintf( "%s%s\n", $leading_tabs, preg_replace( "/ {2}/", "\t", $line ) );
+		}
+
+		// Trim the leading tab and the final newline
+		return ltrim( rtrim( $output, "\n"), "\t" );
+	}
+
 }
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