diff --git a/Greenshot/Drawing/TextContainer.cs b/Greenshot/Drawing/TextContainer.cs
index 4bb5ebdf6..5ff655b80 100644
--- a/Greenshot/Drawing/TextContainer.cs
+++ b/Greenshot/Drawing/TextContainer.cs
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ namespace Greenshot.Drawing {
 				_font.Dispose();
 				_font = null;
 				UpdateFormat();
+			} else { 
+				UpdateAlignment();
 			}
 			UpdateTextBoxFormat();
 			
@@ -303,6 +305,10 @@ namespace Greenshot.Drawing {
 				throw;
 			}
 			
+			UpdateAlignment();
+		}
+
+		private void UpdateAlignment() {
 			_stringFormat.Alignment = (StringAlignment)GetFieldValue(FieldType.TEXT_HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT);
 			_stringFormat.LineAlignment = (StringAlignment)GetFieldValue(FieldType.TEXT_VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT);
 		}
diff --git a/Greenshot/releases/additional_files/readme.txt.template b/Greenshot/releases/additional_files/readme.txt.template
index 8f80612be..5aa4d90a1 100644
--- a/Greenshot/releases/additional_files/readme.txt.template
+++ b/Greenshot/releases/additional_files/readme.txt.template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Bugs Resolved:
 * BUG-1735: Editor crashed when trying to scale down a screenshot with text element
 * BUG-1741: Fixed a bug in the confluence plug-in, error when searching for nothing, by improving the upload GUI.
 * BUG-1750: Filename pattern is now checked for invalid characters to avoid exception when saving directly.
+* BUG-1752: Fixed horizontal alignment for textboxes
 
 Languages:
 * Portuguese (Portugal): application translation updates + new translation for plugin and help, thanks to Luis Neves