-let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger = "<C-L>"
-let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger = "<C-L>"
-let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger = "<C-H>"
+let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger       = "<tab>"
+let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger  = "<tab>"
+let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger = "<s-tab>"
+
+" UltiSnips completion function that tries to expand a snippet. If there's no
+" snippet for expanding, it checks for completion window and if it's shown,
+" selects first element. If there's no completion window it tries to jump to
+" next placeholder. If there's no placeholder it just returns TAB key
+" https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe/issues/36#issuecomment-15451411
+function! g:UltiSnips_Complete()
+    call UltiSnips#ExpandSnippet()
+    if g:ulti_expand_res == 0
+        if pumvisible()
+            return "\<C-n>"
+        else
+            call UltiSnips#JumpForwards()
+            if g:ulti_jump_forwards_res == 0
+               return "\<TAB>"
+            endif
+        endif
+    endif
+    return ""
+endfunction
+au InsertEnter * exec "inoremap <silent> " . g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger . " <C-R>=g:UltiSnips_Complete()<cr>"
+let g:UltiSnipsListSnippets="<c-e>"