diff --git a/internal/command/delete.go b/internal/command/delete.go
index 6ed10435..06833fbe 100644
--- a/internal/command/delete.go
+++ b/internal/command/delete.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func deleteFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("pretty", true, "Pretty print the output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("colour", false, "Print colourised output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("escape-html", false, "Escape HTML tags when writing output.")
+	cmd.Flags().Int("indent", 2, "The indention level when writing files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comma", ",", "Comma separator to use when working with csv files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-write-comma", "", "Comma separator used when writing csv files. Overrides csv-comma when writing.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comment", "", "Comma separator used when reading csv files.")
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func deleteRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	colourFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("colour")
 	escapeHTMLFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("escape-html")
 	outFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("out")
+	indent, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("indent")
 	csvComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comma")
 	csvWriteComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-write-comma")
 	csvComment, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comment")
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ func deleteRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			PrettyPrint: prettyPrintFlag,
 			Colourise:   colourFlag,
 			EscapeHTML:  escapeHTMLFlag,
+			Indent:      indent,
 			CsvComma:    csvWriteComma,
 			CsvUseCRLF:  csvCRLF,
 		},
diff --git a/internal/command/delete_test.go b/internal/command/delete_test.go
index 2aaa2bcc..f06aa55f 100644
--- a/internal/command/delete_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/delete_test.go
@@ -37,4 +37,28 @@ func TestDeleteCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		nil,
 		nil,
 	))
+
+	t.Run("CheckIndentionForJSON", runTest(
+		[]string{"delete", "-r", "json", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "x.y"},
+		[]byte(`{"x":{"x":1,"y":2}}`),
+		newline([]byte("{\n      \"x\": {\n            \"x\": 1\n      }\n}")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("CheckIndentionForYAML", runTest(
+		[]string{"delete", "-r", "json", "-w", "yaml", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "x.y"},
+		[]byte(`{"x":{"x":1,"y":2}}`),
+		newline([]byte("x:\n      x: 1")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("CheckIndentionForTOML", runTest(
+		[]string{"delete", "-r", "json", "-w", "toml", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "x.y"},
+		[]byte(`{"x":{"x":1,"y":2}}`),
+		newline([]byte("[x]\n      x = 1")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
 }
diff --git a/internal/command/options.go b/internal/command/options.go
index 39651502..3008ccd7 100644
--- a/internal/command/options.go
+++ b/internal/command/options.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tomwright/dasel/v2/storage"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type readOptions struct {
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ type writeOptions struct {
 	CsvComma string
 	// CsvUseCRLF determines whether CRLF is used when writing CSV files.
 	CsvUseCRLF bool
+
+	Indent int
 }
 
 func (o *writeOptions) writeToStdout() bool {
@@ -163,6 +166,10 @@ func (o *writeOptions) writeValues(cmd *cobra.Command, readOptions *readOptions,
 		options = append(options, storage.CsvCommaOption([]rune(o.CsvComma)[0]))
 	}
 
+	if o.Indent != 0 {
+		options = append(options, storage.IndentOption(strings.Repeat(" ", o.Indent)))
+	}
+
 	writer := o.Writer
 	if writer == nil {
 		if o.writeToStdout() {
diff --git a/internal/command/put.go b/internal/command/put.go
index 05e5e092..6ec1b7a2 100644
--- a/internal/command/put.go
+++ b/internal/command/put.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func putFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("pretty", true, "Pretty print the output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("colour", false, "Print colourised output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("escape-html", false, "Escape HTML tags when writing output.")
+	cmd.Flags().Int("indent", 2, "The indention level when writing files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comma", ",", "Comma separator to use when working with csv files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-write-comma", "", "Comma separator used when writing csv files. Overrides csv-comma when writing.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comment", "", "Comma separator used when reading csv files.")
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func putRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	colourFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("colour")
 	escapeHTMLFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("escape-html")
 	outFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("out")
+	indent, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("indent")
 	csvComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comma")
 	csvWriteComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-write-comma")
 	csvComment, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comment")
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ func putRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			PrettyPrint: prettyPrintFlag,
 			Colourise:   colourFlag,
 			EscapeHTML:  escapeHTMLFlag,
+			Indent:      indent,
 			CsvComma:    csvWriteComma,
 			CsvUseCRLF:  csvCRLF,
 		},
diff --git a/internal/command/put_test.go b/internal/command/put_test.go
index c2fb3856..13545381 100644
--- a/internal/command/put_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/put_test.go
@@ -200,4 +200,28 @@ func TestPutCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		nil,
 		nil,
 	))
+
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForJSON", runTest(
+		[]string{"put", "-r", "json", "--indent", "6", "-t", "string", "--pretty=true", "-v", "Tom", "user"},
+		[]byte(`{}`),
+		newline([]byte("{\n      \"user\": \"Tom\"\n}")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForYAML", runTest(
+		[]string{"put", "-r", "yaml", "--indent", "6", "-t", "string", "-v", "Tom", "user.name"},
+		[]byte(``),
+		newline([]byte("user:\n      name: Tom")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForTOML", runTest(
+		[]string{"put", "-r", "toml", "--indent", "6", "-t", "string", "-v", "Tom", "user.name"},
+		[]byte(``),
+		newline([]byte("[user]\n      name = 'Tom'")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
 }
diff --git a/internal/command/select.go b/internal/command/select.go
index f0d853ce..0e6816b9 100644
--- a/internal/command/select.go
+++ b/internal/command/select.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func selectFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("pretty", true, "Pretty print the output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("colour", false, "Print colourised output.")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("escape-html", false, "Escape HTML tags when writing output.")
+	cmd.Flags().Int("indent", 2, "The indention level when writing files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comma", ",", "Comma separator to use when working with csv files.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-write-comma", "", "Comma separator used when writing csv files. Overrides csv-comma when writing.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("csv-comment", "", "Comma separator used when reading csv files.")
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func selectRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	prettyPrintFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("pretty")
 	colourFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("colour")
 	escapeHTMLFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("escape-html")
+	indent, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("indent")
 	csvComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comma")
 	csvWriteComma, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-write-comma")
 	csvComment, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("csv-comment")
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ func selectRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			PrettyPrint: prettyPrintFlag,
 			Colourise:   colourFlag,
 			EscapeHTML:  escapeHTMLFlag,
+			Indent:      indent,
 			CsvComma:    csvWriteComma,
 			CsvUseCRLF:  csvCRLF,
 		},
diff --git a/internal/command/select_test.go b/internal/command/select_test.go
index cf3ef9d5..c9fccc02 100644
--- a/internal/command/select_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/select_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,30 @@ func TestSelectCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		nil,
 	))
 
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForJSON", runTest(
+		[]string{"-r", "json", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "users.all().filter(equal(flags.isBanned,true)).name"},
+		standardJsonSelectTestData(),
+		newline([]byte("{\n      \"first\": \"Jim\",\n      \"last\": \"Wright\"\n}")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForYAML", runTest(
+		[]string{"-r", "json", "-w", "yaml", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "users.all().filter(equal(flags.isBanned,true))"},
+		standardJsonSelectTestData(),
+		newline([]byte("name:\n      first: Jim\n      last: Wright\nflags:\n      isBanned: true")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
+	t.Run("VerifyCorrectIndentionForTOML", runTest(
+		[]string{"-r", "json", "-w", "toml", "--indent", "6", "--pretty=true", "users.all().filter(equal(flags.isBanned,true))"},
+		standardJsonSelectTestData(),
+		newline([]byte("[flags]\n      isBanned = true\n\n[name]\n      first = 'Jim'\n      last = 'Wright'")),
+		nil,
+		nil,
+	))
+
 	t.Run("Issue258", runTest(
 		[]string{"-r", "json", "--pretty=false", "-w", "csv", "phones.all().mapOf(make,make,model,model,first,parent().parent().user.name.first,last,parent().parent().user.name.last).merge()"},
 		[]byte(`{
diff --git a/storage/yaml.go b/storage/yaml.go
index 1b049b4f..0c8c9bc2 100644
--- a/storage/yaml.go
+++ b/storage/yaml.go
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ func (p *YAMLParser) ToBytes(value dasel.Value, options ...ReadWriteOption) ([]b
 				colourise = value
 			}
 		case OptionIndent:
-			if value, ok := o.Value.(int); ok {
-				encoderOptions = append(encoderOptions, dencoding.YAMLEncodeIndent(value))
+			if value, ok := o.Value.(string); ok {
+				encoderOptions = append(encoderOptions, dencoding.YAMLEncodeIndent(len(value)))
 			}
 		}
 	}