diff --git a/src/gtkgui_helpers.py b/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
index 5b62aca0dd9d1c2204b6aa7d7069058557f8d966..c2e1bf2496b9a98ef0d1e2f9b3578db5090e04d2 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
+++ b/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ def __label_size_allocate(widget, allocation):
         return
 
     # set wrap width to the pango.Layout of the labels ###
+    widget.set_alignment(0.0, 0.0)
     layout.set_width (allocation.width * pango.SCALE)
     lh = layout.get_size()[1]