diff --git a/plugin/AutoClose.vim b/plugin/AutoClose.vim
index d91ba8b..bed8735 100644
--- a/plugin/AutoClose.vim
+++ b/plugin/AutoClose.vim
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function! s:InsertPair(opener)
 
     let l:next = s:GetNextChar()
     " only add closing pair before space or any of the closepair chars
-    let close_before = '\s\|\V\[,.;' . escape(join(keys(b:AutoClosePairs) + values(b:AutoClosePairs), ''), ']').']'
+    let close_before = '\s\|\V\[,.;<>\/' . escape(join(keys(b:AutoClosePairs) + values(b:AutoClosePairs), ''), ']').']'
     if (l:next == "\0" || l:next =~ close_before) && s:AllowQuote(a:opener, 0)
         call s:InsertStringAtCursor(b:AutoClosePairs[a:opener])
         call s:PushBuffer(b:AutoClosePairs[a:opener])
@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@ function! s:DefineVariables()
     " The buffer namespace is used internally
     let defaults = {
                 \ 'AutoClosePairs': AutoClose#DefaultPairs(),
-                \ 'AutoCloseProtectedRegions': ["Comment", "String", "Character"],
+                \ 'AutoCloseProtectedRegions': ["Comment"],
                 \ 'AutoCloseSmartQuote': 1,
                 \ 'AutoCloseOn': 1,
                 \ 'AutoCloseSelectionWrapPrefix': '<LEADER>a',
                 \ 'AutoClosePumvisible': {"ENTER": "\<C-Y>", "ESC": "\<C-E>"},
                 \ 'AutoCloseExpandEnterOn': "",
-                \ 'AutoCloseExpandSpace': 1,
+                \ 'AutoCloseExpandSpace': 0,
                 \ }
 
     " Let the user define if he/she wants the plugin to do special actions when the