diff --git a/emacs.d/emacs.org b/emacs.d/emacs.org
index d1b0eff..311c151 100644
--- a/emacs.d/emacs.org
+++ b/emacs.d/emacs.org
@@ -815,7 +815,14 @@ I use this primarily in [[sec:mode-hooks][mode hooks]], but I do generally prefe
 four characters:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (set-tab-width 4)
+  (defun global-set-tab-width (width)
+    "Set tab width to WIDTH and generate tab stops"
+    (interactive "nTab width: ")
+    (setq-default tab-width width)
+    (setq-default tab-stop-list
+                  (number-sequence width 120 width)))
+
+  (global-set-tab-width 4)
 #+END_SRC
 
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