diff --git a/ncat/scripts/chargen.lua b/ncat/scripts/chargen.lua
index dcf28ba9c..3e506ef05 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/chargen.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/chargen.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 --loop that will waste your CPU power until you kill the process.
 
 while true do
-    print("chargen")
+  print "chargen"
 end
 
diff --git a/ncat/scripts/conditional.lua b/ncat/scripts/conditional.lua
index 18b31e767..8af297542 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/conditional.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/conditional.lua
@@ -4,30 +4,30 @@
 
 while true do
 
-    print("Here's a menu for you: ")
-    print("1. Repeat the menu.")
-    print("0. Exit.")
+  print "Here's a menu for you: "
+  print "1. Repeat the menu."
+  print "0. Exit."
 
-    io.write("Please enter your choice: ")
-    io.flush(io.stdout)
-    i = io.read()
+  io.write "Please enter your choice: "
+  io.flush(io.stdout)
+  i = io.read()
 
-    --WARNING! Without this line, the script will go into an infinite loop
-    --that keeps consuming system resources when the connection gets broken.
-    --Ncat's subprocesses are NOT killed in this case!
-    if i == nil then
-        break
-    end
+  --WARNING! Without this line, the script will go into an infinite loop
+  --that keeps consuming system resources when the connection gets broken.
+  --Ncat's subprocesses are NOT killed in this case!
+  if i == nil then
+    break
+  end
 
-    print("You wrote: ",i,".")
+  print("You wrote: ", i, ".")
 
-    if i == "0" then
-        break
-    elseif i == "1" then
-        print("As you wish.")
-    else
-        print("No idea what you meant. Please try again.")
-    end
+  if i == "0" then
+    break
+  elseif i == "1" then
+    print "As you wish."
+  else
+    print "No idea what you meant. Please try again."
+  end
 
-    print() --print a newline
+  print() --print a newline
 end
diff --git a/ncat/scripts/discard.lua b/ncat/scripts/discard.lua
index 9979c1466..6b386f60f 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/discard.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/discard.lua
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 while true do
 
-    data = io.stdin:read(512)
+  data = io.stdin:read(512)
 
-    if data == nil then
-        break
-    end
+  if data == nil then
+    break
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/ncat/scripts/echo.lua b/ncat/scripts/echo.lua
index 0db39d01e..48b71749e 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/echo.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/echo.lua
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 while true do
 
-    data = io.stdin:read(512)
+  data = io.stdin:read(512)
 
-    if data == nil then
-        break
-    end
+  if data == nil then
+    break
+  end
 
-    io.stdout:write(data)
-    io.stdout:flush()
+  io.stdout:write(data)
+  io.stdout:flush()
 
 end
diff --git a/ncat/scripts/hello-luaexec.lua b/ncat/scripts/hello-luaexec.lua
index bce250acf..31bd49862 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/hello-luaexec.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/hello-luaexec.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 --This is a --lua-exec "Hello world" example. In order to send to a client,
 --all you need to do is output it to the standard output.
 
-print("Hello, world!")
+print "Hello, world!"
diff --git a/ncat/scripts/whatismyip.lua b/ncat/scripts/whatismyip.lua
index f9409724d..13ade2238 100644
--- a/ncat/scripts/whatismyip.lua
+++ b/ncat/scripts/whatismyip.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 --A "what is my IP" service code. Since most web browsers put up with servers
 --not sending proper HTTP headers, you can simply query the service with it.
 
-print(os.getenv("NCAT_REMOTE_ADDR"))
+print(os.getenv "NCAT_REMOTE_ADDR")