diff --git a/app/xdg-app-builtins-ls-remote.c b/app/xdg-app-builtins-ls-remote.c
index 223c2cb9..8fe1b16a 100644
--- a/app/xdg-app-builtins-ls-remote.c
+++ b/app/xdg-app-builtins-ls-remote.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ xdg_app_builtin_ls_remote (int argc, char **argv, GCancellable *cancellable, GEr
   for (i = 0; i < n_keys; i++)
     {
       if (opt_show_details)
-        g_print ("%s\t%.12s\n", keys[i], (char *)g_hash_table_lookup (names, keys[i]));
+        g_print ("%s %.12s\n", keys[i], (char *)g_hash_table_lookup (names, keys[i]));
       else
         g_print ("%s\n", keys[i]);
     }
diff --git a/common/xdg-app-utils.c b/common/xdg-app-utils.c
index 2b69add2..92e2d1d5 100644
--- a/common/xdg-app-utils.c
+++ b/common/xdg-app-utils.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ xdg_app_table_printer_print (XdgAppTablePrinter *printer)
       char **row = g_ptr_array_index (printer->rows,i);
 
       for (j = 0; row[j] != NULL; j++)
-        g_print ("%s%-*s", (j == 0) ? "" : "\t", widths[j], row[j]);
+        g_print ("%s%-*s", (j == 0) ? "" : " ", widths[j], row[j]);
       g_print ("\n");
     }
 }