diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index c8fffa2..7d47ebf 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $(TARGET): build/parser.o build/lexer.o build/main.o
 build/parser.cpp build/parser.hpp: src/parser.y | build
 	$(BISON) -d -o build/parser.cpp src/parser.y
 
-build/lexer.cpp build/lexer.hpp: src/lexer.l build/parser.hpp src/scanner.hpp src/indent_helper.hpp| build
+build/lexer.cpp build/lexer.hpp: src/lexer.l build/parser.hpp src/scanner.hpp src/indent_stack.hpp| build
 	$(FLEX) --header-file=build/lexer.hpp -o build/lexer.cpp src/lexer.l
 
 build/%.o: build/%.cpp
diff --git a/src/indent_helper.hpp b/src/indent_stack.hpp
similarity index 79%
rename from src/indent_helper.hpp
rename to src/indent_stack.hpp
index e009ee0..4c6b2b5 100644
--- a/src/indent_helper.hpp
+++ b/src/indent_stack.hpp
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ enum class IndentAction
 
 constexpr int TAB_WIDTH = 8;
 
-class IndentHelper
+class IndentStack
 {
     std::stack<int> indent_stack;
     int pending_dedents = 0;
 
 public:
-    IndentHelper() { indent_stack.push(0); }
+    IndentStack() { indent_stack.push(0); }
 
-    IndentAction processLine(int spaces)
+    IndentAction updateIndentation(int spaces)
     {
         int current = indent_stack.top();
 
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public:
             return IndentAction::Indent;
         }
 
-        pending_dedents = 0;
         while (indent_stack.top() > spaces)
         {
             indent_stack.pop();
@@ -48,8 +47,7 @@ public:
         return IndentAction::None;
     }
 
-    // returns false on failure
-    bool consumeDedent()
+    bool popDedent()
     {
         if (pending_dedents <= 0)
         {
@@ -68,4 +66,14 @@ public:
         }
         return spaces;
     }
+
+    bool hasRemainingDedents()
+    {
+        return pending_dedents > 0;
+    }
+
+    IndentAction closeBlock()
+    {
+        return updateIndentation(0);
+    }
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lexer.l b/src/lexer.l
index b603b70..de29239 100644
--- a/src/lexer.l
+++ b/src/lexer.l
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 %{
 #include "scanner.hpp"
-#include "indent_helper.hpp"
+#include "indent_stack.hpp"
 
 %}
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 ^[ \t]*#.*\n   { /* Ignore comment-only lines */ }
 
 ^[ \t]* {
-    int col = indent_helper.calculateColumn(yytext, yyleng);
-    auto action = indent_helper.processLine(col);
+    int col = indent_stack.calculateColumn(yytext, yyleng);
+    auto action = indent_stack.updateIndentation(col);
 
     if (action == IndentAction::Indent) return yy::parser::token::TOK_INDENT;
     if (action == IndentAction::Dedent) return yy::parser::token::TOK_DEDENT;
diff --git a/src/scanner.hpp b/src/scanner.hpp
index f86630d..72092e3 100644
--- a/src/scanner.hpp
+++ b/src/scanner.hpp
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "parser.hpp"
-#include "indent_helper.hpp"
+#include "indent_stack.hpp"
 #include <string>
 
 class Scanner : public yyFlexLexer
 {
 public:
-    IndentHelper indent_helper;
+    IndentStack indent_stack;
     Scanner(std::istream &in) : yyFlexLexer(&in), yylval(nullptr) {}
 
     int lex(yy::parser::semantic_type *lval)
     {
-        if (indent_helper.consumeDedent())
+        if (indent_stack.popDedent())
         {
             return yy::parser::token::TOK_DEDENT;
         }
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ public:
 
         if (token == yy::parser::token::TOK_EOF)
         {
-            if (indent_helper.processLine(0) == IndentAction::Dedent)
+            auto result = indent_stack.closeBlock();
+
+            if (result == IndentAction::Dedent)
             {
                 return yy::parser::token::TOK_DEDENT;
             }