diff --git a/renpy/ast.py b/renpy/ast.py
index 996594bc1..a90fae580 100644
--- a/renpy/ast.py
+++ b/renpy/ast.py
@@ -89,18 +89,22 @@ class PyCode(Object):
     hashcode : int
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        return (1, self.source, (self.filename, self.linenumber), self.mode, self.py, self.hashcode)
+        return (1, self.source, (self.filename, self.linenumber), self.mode, self.py, self.hashcode, self.col_offset)
 
     def __setstate__(self, state):
+        col_offset = 0
+        py = 2
+        hashcode = None
 
         match state:
-            case (_, source, location, mode):
-                py = 2
-                hashcode = None
-            case (_, source, location, mode, py):
-                hashcode = None
+            case (_, source, location, mode, py, hashcode, col_offset):
+                pass
             case (_, source, location, mode, py, hashcode):
                 pass
+            case (_, source, location, mode, py):
+                pass
+            case (_, source, location, mode):
+                pass
             case _:
                 raise Exception("Invalid state:", state)
 
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ class PyCode(Object):
         self.source = source
         self.filename = location[0]
         self.linenumber = location[1]
+        self.col_offset = col_offset
         self.mode = mode
 
         if hashcode is None:
@@ -121,14 +126,14 @@ class PyCode(Object):
         if renpy.game.script.record_pycode:
             renpy.game.script.all_pycode.append(self)
 
-    def __init__(self, source: str, loc: tuple[str, int] = ('<none>', 1),
-                 mode: Literal["eval", "exec", "hide"] = 'exec'):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            source: str,
+            loc: tuple[str, int] = ('<none>', 1),
+            mode: Literal["eval", "exec", "hide"] = 'exec'):
 
         self.py = 3
 
-        # The source code.
-        self.source = source
-
         if isinstance(source, PyExpr):
             self.filename = source.filename
             self.linenumber = source.linenumber
@@ -138,6 +143,13 @@ class PyCode(Object):
             self.linenumber = loc[1]
             self.hashcode = hash32(source)
 
+        # The source code.
+        if self.mode != "eval":
+            self.source, self.col_offset = PyCode.dedent(source)
+        else:
+            self.source = source
+            self.col_offset = 0
+
         self.mode = mode
 
         # This will be initialized later on, after we are serialized.
@@ -146,6 +158,53 @@ class PyCode(Object):
         if renpy.game.script.record_pycode:
             renpy.game.script.all_pycode.append(self)
 
+
+    _leading_whitespace_re = re.compile('(^[ ]*)(?:[^ ])', re.MULTILINE)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def dedent(text: str):
+        """
+        Removes leading whitespace from a block of text. Entirely blank lines
+        are normalized to a newline character.
+
+        This returns the dedented text, and the amount of whitespace removed,
+        """
+
+        # Look for the longest leading string of spaces and tabs common to
+        # all lines.
+        margin = None
+        indents = PyCode._leading_whitespace_re.findall(text)
+        for indent in indents:
+            if margin is None:
+                margin = indent
+
+            # Current line more deeply indented than previous winner:
+            # no change (previous winner is still on top).
+            elif indent.startswith(margin):
+                pass
+
+            # Current line consistent with and no deeper than previous winner:
+            # it's the new winner.
+            elif margin.startswith(indent):
+                margin = indent
+
+            # Find the largest common whitespace between current line and previous
+            # winner.
+            else:
+                for i, (x, y) in enumerate(zip(margin, indent)):
+                    if x != y:
+                        margin = margin[:i]
+                        break
+
+        if margin:
+            text = re.sub(r'(?m)^' + margin, '', text)
+
+        if margin:
+            return text, len(margin)
+        else:
+            return text, 0
+
+
 DoesNotExtend = renpy.object.Sentinel("DoesNotExtend")
 
 
diff --git a/renpy/python.py b/renpy/python.py
index 0710305e3..d7a494c3e 100644
--- a/renpy/python.py
+++ b/renpy/python.py
@@ -1047,7 +1047,6 @@ def py_compile(source, mode, filename='<none>', lineno=1, ast_node=False, cache=
     `column`
         A column offset to add to the column numbers of the source.
     """
-
     global compile_warnings
 
     first_line_column_delta = column
@@ -1078,7 +1077,7 @@ def py_compile(source, mode, filename='<none>', lineno=1, ast_node=False, cache=
 
     # This determines if the lines are indented. If so, we adjust the
     # ast to match.
-    indented = source and (source[0] == " ")
+    indented = source and (source[0] == " ") and (mode != "eval")
 
     if indented:
         lineno -= 1
diff --git a/renpy/script.py b/renpy/script.py
index 0048ff639..f314d9796 100644
--- a/renpy/script.py
+++ b/renpy/script.py
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ class Script(object):
 
                 renpy.game.exception_info = "While compiling python block starting at line %d of %s." % (i.linenumber, i.filename)
 
-                i.bytecode = renpy.python.py_compile(i.source, i.mode, filename=i.filename, lineno=i.linenumber, py=i.py, hashcode=i.hashcode)
+                i.bytecode = renpy.python.py_compile(i.source, i.mode, filename=i.filename, lineno=i.linenumber, py=i.py, hashcode=i.hashcode, column=i.col_offset)
 
             except SyntaxError as e:
                 assert e.filename is not None