diff --git a/exampleSite/content/docs/example/tabs.md b/exampleSite/content/docs/example/tabs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dca1961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleSite/content/docs/example/tabs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+weight: 99
+title: This is a layout test doc
+---
+
+# Doc Title
+
+{{< columns >}}
+This is content for col 1
+<--->
+
+This is content for col 2 - tabs inside a column:
+{{< tabs "noneworkingtabs" >}}
+{{< tab "Thing1" >}}This information on Thing1 does not appear.{{< /tab >}}
+{{< tab "Thing2" >}}This information on Thing2 does not appear.{{< /tab >}}
+{{< /tabs >}}
+
+More content for col 2
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+Back to one wide col. Here are some tabs outside columns which work fine:
+
+{{< tabs "workingtabs" >}}
+{{< tab "Thing3" >}}This information on Thing3 is fine.{{< /tab >}}
+{{< tab "Thing4" >}}This information on Thing4 is fine.{{< /tab >}}
+{{< /tabs >}}
+
+end of doc
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/tabs.html b/layouts/shortcodes/tabs.html
index 9431af5..7aace73 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/tabs.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/tabs.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {{ $group := printf "tabs-%s" $id }}
 
 <div class="book-tabs">
-{{ range $index, $tab :=  .Scratch.Get $group }}
+{{- range $index, $tab :=  .Scratch.Get $group -}}
   <input type="radio" class="hidden" name="{{ $group }}" id="{{ printf "%s-%d" $group $index }}" {{ if not $index }}checked="checked"{{ end }} />
   <label for="{{ printf "%s-%d" $group $index }}">
     {{ $tab.Name }}
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
   <div class="book-tabs-content markdown-inner">
     {{ .Content | markdownify }}
   </div>
-{{ end }}
+{{- end -}}
 </div>