diff --git a/src/services/formatting.ts b/src/services/formatting.ts
index e455183eccc..f7fbb82491f 100644
--- a/src/services/formatting.ts
+++ b/src/services/formatting.ts
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ module ts.formatting {
                     return false;
                 }
 
-                var s = Math.max(r.pos, error.start);
-                var e = Math.min(r.end, error.start + error.length);
-                if (s < e) {
+                if (startEndOverlapsWithStartEnd(r.pos, r.end, error.start, error.start + error.length)) {
                     return true;
                 }
 
@@ -177,15 +175,10 @@ module ts.formatting {
         // formatting context to be used by rules provider to get rules
         var formattingContext = new FormattingContext(sourceFile, requestKind);
 
+        var formattingScanner = getFormattingScanner(sourceFile, originalRange.pos, originalRange.end);
+
         var enclosingNode = findEnclosingNode(originalRange, sourceFile);
-        if (enclosingNode.kind === SyntaxKind.SourceFile) {
-            var formattingScanner = getFormattingScanner(sourceFile, originalRange.pos, originalRange.end);
-            var initialIndentation = 0;
-        }
-        else {
-            var formattingScanner = getFormattingScanner(sourceFile, enclosingNode.pos, originalRange.end);
-            var initialIndentation = SmartIndenter.getIndentationForNode(enclosingNode, originalRange, sourceFile, options);
-        }
+        var initialIndentation = SmartIndenter.getIndentationForNode(enclosingNode, originalRange, sourceFile, options);
 
         var previousRangeHasError: boolean;
         var previousRange: TextRangeWithKind;
diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index defbdd9138c..e9d8de76679 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 /// <reference path='outliningElementsCollector.ts' />
 /// <reference path='navigationBar.ts' />
 /// <reference path='breakpoints.ts' />
-/// <reference path='indentation.ts' />
 /// <reference path='signatureHelp.ts' />
 /// <reference path='utilities.ts' />
 /// <reference path='smartIndenter.ts' />
diff --git a/src/services/utilities.ts b/src/services/utilities.ts
index a4146c52e5e..b1a18dcbd30 100644
--- a/src/services/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/services/utilities.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ module ts {
     export function getEndLinePosition(line: number, sourceFile: SourceFile): number {
         Debug.assert(line >= 1);
         var lineStarts = sourceFile.getLineStarts();
-
-        line = line - 1;
-        if (line === lineStarts.length - 1) {
+        
+        // lines returned by SourceFile.getLineAndCharacterForPosition are 1-based
+        var lineIndex = line - 1;
+        if (lineIndex === lineStarts.length - 1) {
             // last line - return EOF
             return sourceFile.text.length - 1;
         }
         else {
             // current line start
-            var start = lineStarts[line];
+            var start = lineStarts[lineIndex];
             // take the start position of the next line -1 = it should be some line break
-            var pos = lineStarts[line + 1] - 1;
+            var pos = lineStarts[lineIndex + 1] - 1;
             Debug.assert(isLineBreak(sourceFile.text.charCodeAt(pos)));
             // walk backwards skipping line breaks, stop the the beginning of current line.
             // i.e:
@@ -55,8 +56,12 @@ module ts {
     }
 
     export function rangeOverlapsWithStartEnd(r1: TextRange, start: number, end: number) {
-        var start = Math.max(r1.pos, start);
-        var end = Math.min(r1.end, end);
+        return startEndOverlapsWithStartEnd(r1.pos, r1.end, start, end);
+    }
+
+    export function startEndOverlapsWithStartEnd(start1: number, end1: number, start2: number, end2: number) {
+        var start = Math.max(start1, start2);
+        var end = Math.min(end1, end2);
         return start < end;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formatInTryCatchFinally.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formatInTryCatchFinally.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbbf28fb878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formatInTryCatchFinally.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////try 
+////{
+////    var x = 1/*1*/
+////}
+////catch (e) 
+////{
+////}
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+edit.insert(";")
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    var x = 1;");
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingBlockInCaseClauses.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingBlockInCaseClauses.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64cd74ca858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingBlockInCaseClauses.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////switch (1) {
+////    case 1:
+////        {
+////            /*1*/
+////        break;
+////}
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+edit.insert("}");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("        }");
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingIfInElseBlock.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingIfInElseBlock.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4f5246fb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingIfInElseBlock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////if (true) {
+////}
+////else {
+////    if (true) {
+////        /*1*/
+////}
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+edit.insert("}")
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    }");