diff --git a/runtime/indent/ruby.vim b/runtime/indent/ruby.vim
index 23b61fd..657aa76 100644
--- a/runtime/indent/ruby.vim
+++ b/runtime/indent/ruby.vim
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 " Previous Maintainer:	Nikolai Weibull <now at bitwi.se>
 " URL:			https://github.com/vim-ruby/vim-ruby
 " Release Coordinator:	Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
-" Last Change:		2019 Dec 08
 
 " 0. Initialization {{{1
 " =================
@@ -27,7 +26,12 @@
 
 if !exists('g:ruby_indent_block_style')
   " Possible values: "expression", "do"
-  let g:ruby_indent_block_style = 'expression'
+  let g:ruby_indent_block_style = 'do'
+endif
+
+if !exists('g:ruby_indent_hanging_elements')
+  " Non-zero means hanging indents are enabled, zero means disabled
+  let g:ruby_indent_hanging_elements = 1
 endif
 
 setlocal nosmartindent
@@ -322,7 +326,11 @@
 
     if searchpair(escape(bracket_pair[0], '\['), '', bracket_pair[1], 'bW', s:skip_expr) > 0
       if closing_bracket == ')' && col('.') != col('$') - 1
-        let ind = virtcol('.') - 1
+        if g:ruby_indent_hanging_elements
+          let ind = virtcol('.') - 1
+        else
+          let ind = indent(line('.'))
+        end
       elseif g:ruby_indent_block_style == 'do'
         let ind = indent(line('.'))
       else " g:ruby_indent_block_style == 'expression'
@@ -547,7 +555,9 @@
     let [opening, closing] = s:ExtraBrackets(info.plnum)
 
     if opening.pos != -1
-      if opening.type == '(' && searchpair('(', '', ')', 'bW', s:skip_expr) > 0
+      if !g:ruby_indent_hanging_elements
+        return indent(info.plnum) + info.sw
+      elseif opening.type == '(' && searchpair('(', '', ')', 'bW', s:skip_expr) > 0
         if col('.') + 1 == col('$')
           return indent(info.plnum) + info.sw
         else
@@ -632,8 +642,7 @@
       " TODO (2016-10-07) Wrong/unused? How could it be "1"?
       return indent(info.plnum) - 1
       " If previous line is a continuation return its indent.
-      " TODO: the || s:IsInString() thing worries me a bit.
-    elseif s:Match(info.plnum, s:non_bracket_continuation_regex) || s:IsInString(info.plnum, strlen(line))
+    elseif s:Match(info.plnum, s:non_bracket_continuation_regex)
       return indent(info.plnum)
     endif
   endif