diff --git a/approvaltests/inline/split_code.py b/approvaltests/inline/split_code.py
index ae6add96..c93d45b9 100644
--- a/approvaltests/inline/split_code.py
+++ b/approvaltests/inline/split_code.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import re
+from enum import Enum
+
+
 class SplitCode:
     def __init__(self, before_method, after_method, tab):
         self.before_method = before_method
@@ -12,34 +16,33 @@ def on_method(code, method_name) -> "SplitCode":
         lines = code.split("\n")
         before = []
         after = []
-        inside_method = False
-        inside_doc_string = False
         tab = "    "
-        after_method = False
-        state = 0
+        class State(Enum):
+            BEFORE = 0
+            FIRST_LINE_OF_METHOD_BODY = 1
+            IN_DOCSTRING = 2
+            AFTER_DOCTSTRING = 3
+        state = State.BEFORE
 
         for line in lines:
             stripped_line = line.strip()
-
-            if state == 0:
-                before.append(line)
             if stripped_line.startswith(f"def {method_name}("):
-                state = 1
-                continue
-            if state == 1:
-                tab = line[: line.find(stripped_line)]
+                state = State.FIRST_LINE_OF_METHOD_BODY
+                before.append(line)
+            elif state == State.BEFORE:
+                before.append(line)
+            elif state == State.FIRST_LINE_OF_METHOD_BODY:
+                tab = re.compile(r'^\s*').match(line).group()
                 if stripped_line.startswith('"""'):
-                    state = 2
-                    continue
+                    state = State.IN_DOCSTRING
                 else:
-                    state = 3
-            if state == 2:
+                    state = State.AFTER_DOCTSTRING
+                    after.append(line)
+            elif state == State.IN_DOCSTRING:
                 if stripped_line.startswith('"""'):
-                    state = 3
-                continue
-            if state == 3:
+                    state = State.AFTER_DOCTSTRING
+            elif state == State.AFTER_DOCTSTRING:
                 after.append(line)
-
         return SplitCode("\n".join(before), "\n".join(after), tab)
 
     def indent(self, received_text):
diff --git a/tests/test_inline_approvals.py b/tests/test_inline_approvals.py
index 4655f7cf..cb022f12 100644
--- a/tests/test_inline_approvals.py
+++ b/tests/test_inline_approvals.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def fizz_buzz(param):
     return return_string
 
 
-def test_fizz_buzz_to_15():
+def test_fizz_buzz():
     """
     1
     2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_fizz_buzz_to_15():
 def test_docstrings():
     """
     hello
-     world
+    world
     """
     # verify_inline(greetting())
     # verify(greetting(), options=Options().inline(show_code= False))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_docstrings():
 
 
 def greeting():
-    return "hello \n world"
+    return "hello\nworld"
 
 
 class InlineReporter(Reporter):