diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index e1eb48b..5768ac7 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ LECTURE_START_MARKER = 'start lectures'
 LECTURE_END_MARKER = 'end lectures'
 DEFAULT_NEW_LECTURE_HEADER = r'\lecture{{{number}}}{{{date}}}{{{title}}}'
 DEFAULT_LECTURE_SEARCH_REGEX = r'lecture{(.*?)}{(.*?)}{(.*)}'
+DEFAULT_IMPORT_INDENTATION = 4
diff --git a/scripts/notes.py b/scripts/notes.py
index 0c02569..a55e257 100644
--- a/scripts/notes.py
+++ b/scripts/notes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from lectures import Lectures, number2filename
-from config import DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME, LECTURE_START_MARKER, LECTURE_END_MARKER
+from config import DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME, LECTURE_START_MARKER, LECTURE_END_MARKER, DEFAULT_IMPORT_INDENTATION
 from parse_counters import parse_counters, dict2setcounters
 
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ class Notes:
             input_command = r'\input{'
         else:
             input_command = r'\import{' + str(self.lectures.root.relative_to(self.root)) + '/}{'
-        return ' ' * 4 + input_command + number2filename(num) + '}\n'
+        return ' ' * DEFAULT_IMPORT_INDENTATION + input_command + number2filename(num) + '}\n'
 
     def set_counters(self, lecture_list, lec, setcounters=False):
         if not setcounters:
             return ''
-        if lec - 1 not in lecture_list:
+        if lec - 1 not in lecture_list and self.full_file:
             return dict2setcounters(parse_counters(self.full_file.with_suffix('.counters'), {'lecture': lec}))
         return ''
 
diff --git a/scripts/parse_counters.py b/scripts/parse_counters.py
index f7e20ab..01a7ce6 100755
--- a/scripts/parse_counters.py
+++ b/scripts/parse_counters.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict
+from config import DEFAULT_IMPORT_INDENTATION
 
 
 def parse_counters(filepath: Path, break_point: Dict) -> Dict:
@@ -20,8 +21,5 @@ def parse_counters(filepath: Path, break_point: Dict) -> Dict:
 
 def dict2setcounters(counters: Dict):
     counters_as_list = [(counter, counters[counter]) for counter in counters.keys()]
-    return ''.join(' ' * 4 + r'\setcounter{' + counter + '}{' + str(num) + '}\n' for (counter, num) in counters_as_list)
-
-
-# print(dict2setcounters(parse_counters(Path('~/Uni/semester-5/topologie-1/notes/master.counters').expanduser(),
-#                                     {'exercise': 5})))
+    return ''.join(' ' * DEFAULT_IMPORT_INDENTATION + r'\setcounter{' + counter + '}{' + str(num) + '}\n'
+                   for (counter, num) in counters_as_list)