diff --git a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/cobol_indent.ml b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/cobol_indent.ml
index ad15b12d0..21e32576d 100644
--- a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/cobol_indent.ml
+++ b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/cobol_indent.ml
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ let indent_range' = Indenter.indent_range'
 
 (*indent the whole file and print*)
 let indent_file ~dialect ~source_format ~file ~indent_config =
-  indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range:None ~indent_config ~file
+  let contents = Ez_file.V1.EzFile.read_file file in
+  indent_range'
+    ~dialect ~source_format ~range:None ~indent_config
+    ~filename:file ~contents
   |> Fmt.pr "%s"
 
 (*indent a range of file and print*)
 let indent_range ~dialect ~source_format ~file ~range ~indent_config =
-  indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~indent_config ~file
+  let contents = Ez_file.V1.EzFile.read_file file in
+  indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~indent_config
+    ~filename:file ~contents
   |> Fmt.pr "%s"
diff --git a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.ml b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.ml
index 135129811..766628fe0 100644
--- a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.ml
+++ b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.ml
@@ -62,30 +62,22 @@ let indenter ~source_format (str:string) (rdl:indent_record list) range =
   String.concat "\n" strl
 
 (*indent a range of file, with the default indent_config*)
-let indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~file =
-  let file_content = Ez_file.V1.EzFile.read_file file in
-  (*
-    Not satisfied with the `Cobol_preproc.fold_text_lines`,
-    this function has an argument which is the name of file,
-    so when using lsp, every time using the formatting,
-    we must save the file before, it is not convenient.
-     (* NB: not anymore. *)
-  *)
+let indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~filename ~contents =
   let state =
     Cobol_preproc.fold_source_lines ~dialect ~source_format
-      ~skip_compiler_directives_text:false
+      ~skip_compiler_directives_text:true
       ~f:(fun _lnum line acc -> Indent_check.check_indentation line acc)
-      (String { contents = file_content; filename = file; })
+      (String { filename; contents })
       { scope = BEGIN; context  = []; acc = []; range }
   in
   (* NB: note here we ignore diagnostics *)
   let ind_recds = state.result.acc in
-  indenter ~source_format file_content ind_recds state.result.range
+  indenter ~source_format contents ind_recds state.result.range
 
 (*indent a range of file, with the user-defined indent_config*)
-let indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~indent_config ~range ~file =
+let indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~indent_config ~range ~filename ~contents =
   begin match indent_config with
     | Some indent_config -> Indent_config.set_config ~indent_config
     | None -> ()
   end;
-  indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~file
+  indent_range' ~dialect ~source_format ~range ~filename ~contents
diff --git a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.mli b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.mli
index c6f62793e..a2d1d10c0 100644
--- a/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.mli
+++ b/src/lsp/cobol_indent/indenter.mli
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ val indent_range'
   -> source_format:Cobol_config.source_format_spec
   -> indent_config:string option
   -> range:Indent_type.range option
-  -> file:string
+  -> filename:string
+  -> contents:string
   -> string
diff --git a/src/lsp/cobol_lsp/lsp_request.ml b/src/lsp/cobol_lsp/lsp_request.ml
index b80534384..52de0eb57 100644
--- a/src/lsp/cobol_lsp/lsp_request.ml
+++ b/src/lsp/cobol_lsp/lsp_request.ml
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ let handle_references state (params: ReferenceParams.t) =
 let handle_range_formatting registry params =
   let open DocumentRangeFormattingParams in
   let { textDocument = doc; range = {start; end_}; _ } = params in
-  let Lsp_document.{ project; _ } = Lsp_server.find_document doc registry in
+  let Lsp_document.{ project; textdoc; _ } =
+    Lsp_server.find_document doc registry
+  in
   let range_to_indent =
     Cobol_indent.Type.{
       start_line = start.line + 1;
@@ -180,7 +182,8 @@ let handle_range_formatting registry params =
       ~dialect:(Cobol_config.dialect project.cobol_config)
       ~source_format:project.source_format
       ~indent_config:None
-      ~file:(Lsp.Uri.to_path doc.uri)
+      ~filename:(Lsp.Uri.to_path doc.uri)
+      ~contents:(Lsp.Text_document.text textdoc)
       ~range:(Some range_to_indent)
   in
   Some [TextEdit.create ~newText ~range]
@@ -198,14 +201,14 @@ let handle_formatting registry params =
       ~start:(Position.create ~character:0 ~line:0)
       ~end_:(Position.create ~character:width ~line:length)
   in
-  let path = Lsp.Uri.to_path doc.uri in
   try
     let newText =
       Cobol_indent.indent_range'
         ~dialect:(Cobol_config.dialect project.cobol_config)
         ~source_format:project.source_format
         ~indent_config:None
-        ~file:path
+        ~filename:(Lsp.Uri.to_path doc.uri)
+        ~contents:(Lsp.Text_document.text textdoc)
         ~range:None
     in
     Some [TextEdit.create ~newText ~range:edit_range]