diff --git a/ocarina/footer/now_playing.cpp b/ocarina/footer/now_playing.cpp
index f1c2761f..fe213e34 100644
--- a/ocarina/footer/now_playing.cpp
+++ b/ocarina/footer/now_playing.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ static void set_album(string new_album)
 	gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(album), markup.c_str());
 }
 
+static GtkWidget *align(GtkWidget *label)
+{
+	GtkWidget *alignment = gtk_alignment_new(0.0, 0.5, 0.0, 0.0);
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(alignment), label);
+	return alignment;
+}
+
 static void make_nowplaying()
 {
 	GtkWidget *tag_box = gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 0);
@@ -39,9 +46,9 @@ static void make_nowplaying()
 	set_artist(" ");
 	set_album(" ");
 
-	box_pack_start(tag_box, title,  FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-	box_pack_start(tag_box, artist, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-	box_pack_start(tag_box, album,  FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	box_pack_start(tag_box, align(title),  FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	box_pack_start(tag_box, align(artist), FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	box_pack_start(tag_box, align(album),  FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
 	box_pack_start(now_playing, tag_box, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 	gtk_widget_show_all(now_playing);