diff --git a/src/Converter.php b/src/Converter.php
index f157323..8545a55 100644
--- a/src/Converter.php
+++ b/src/Converter.php
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ class Converter
      */
     protected $indent = '';
 
+    /**
+     * previous indentation, when we want to disable current indentation and get it back later
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    static $previousIndent = '';
+
     /**
      * constructor, set options, setup parser
      *
@@ -534,8 +541,7 @@ protected function handleTagToText()
                     // don't indent inside <pre> tags
                     if ($this->parser->tagName == 'pre') {
                         $this->out($this->parser->node);
-                        static $indent;
-                        $indent = $this->indent;
+                        $this->previousIndent = $this->indent;
                         $this->indent = '';
                     } else {
                         $this->out($this->parser->node . "\n" . $this->indent);
@@ -556,8 +562,7 @@ protected function handleTagToText()
                     } else {
                         // reset indentation
                         $this->out($this->parser->node);
-                        static $indent;
-                        $this->indent = $indent;
+                        $this->indent = $this->previousIndent;
                     }
 
                     if (in_array($this->parent(), ['ins', 'del'])) {