diff --git a/connectors/db/file.py b/connectors/db/file.py
index 2752067..20b4a95 100644
--- a/connectors/db/file.py
+++ b/connectors/db/file.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import logging
-import re
 import os
+import re
 import string
-from io import StringIO, BytesIO
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 from typing import Optional
 
 import html2text
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 import PyPDF2
 import pytablereader as ptr
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from tabledata import TableData
-
 from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter, DocumentStream
+from tabledata import TableData
 
 log = logging.getLogger("tangerine.file")
 
@@ -62,15 +61,21 @@ def _remove_large_md_code_blocks(text):
     code_lines = []
     in_code_block = False
     for line in text.split("\n"):
-        if line.strip() == "```" and not in_code_block:
+        if line.lstrip().startswith("```") and not in_code_block:
             in_code_block = True
             code_lines = []
             code_lines.append(line)
-        elif line.strip() == "```" and in_code_block:
+        elif line.lstrip().startswith("```") and in_code_block:
             code_lines.append(line)
             in_code_block = False
             if len(code_lines) > 9:
-                code_lines = ["```", "<large code block, visit documentation to view>", "```"]
+                # remove this block because it is too long, but preserve indentation of the block
+                whitespace = " " * (len(line) - len(line.lstrip()))
+                code_lines = [
+                    line,
+                    f"{whitespace}<large code block, visit documentation to view>",
+                    line,
+                ]
             lines.extend(code_lines)
         elif in_code_block:
             code_lines.append(line)
diff --git a/tests/test_md_processing.py b/tests/test_md_processing.py
index 44ab043..1d85a3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_md_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_md_processing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
-from connectors.db.file import _convert_relative_links
+
+from connectors.db.file import _convert_relative_links, _remove_large_md_code_blocks
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -39,3 +40,46 @@ def test_link_conversion_bad_links():
 
     # text should be unmodified
     assert _convert_relative_links(test_txt, base_url) == test_txt
+
+
+def test_remove_large_code_blocks():
+    test_txt = """
+        This is a sample md file
+
+        ```
+        short code block
+        ```
+
+        Text in between code blocks
+
+        ```
+        long code block
+        with
+        length
+        greater
+        than
+        nine
+        lines
+        long
+        ```
+
+        Text after code blocks
+    """
+
+    expected_txt = """
+        This is a sample md file
+
+        ```
+        short code block
+        ```
+
+        Text in between code blocks
+
+        ```
+        <large code block, visit documentation to view>
+        ```
+
+        Text after code blocks
+    """
+
+    assert _remove_large_md_code_blocks(test_txt) == expected_txt