diff --git a/release.go b/release.go
index 6aefeb2..0151fb8 100644
--- a/release.go
+++ b/release.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (fi bindataFileInfo) Sys() interface{} {
 }
 
 func compressed_nomemcopy(w io.Writer, asset *Asset, r io.Reader) error {
-	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, `var _%s = "`, asset.Func)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "var _%s =\n\t\"", asset.Func)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func %sBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func compressed_memcopy(w io.Writer, asset *Asset, r io.Reader) error {
-	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, `var _%s = []byte("`, asset.Func)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "var _%s = []byte(\n\t\"", asset.Func)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/stringwriter.go b/stringwriter.go
index 77daa04..c2b2989 100644
--- a/stringwriter.go
+++ b/stringwriter.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ func (w *StringWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		buf[3] = lowerHex[b%16]
 		w.Writer.Write(buf)
 		w.c++
+
+		// 28 fits nicely with tab width at 4 and a 120 char line limit
+		if w.c % 28 == 0 {
+			w.Writer.Write([]byte("\" +\n\t\""))
+		}
 	}
 
 	n++