diff --git a/paintutils.cpp b/paintutils.cpp
index 1e6457d23..c9444af05 100644
--- a/paintutils.cpp
+++ b/paintutils.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ QPixmap shadowText(QString text, const QFont &font, QColor textColor, QColor sha
     QPainter p(&textPixmap);
     p.setPen(textColor);
     p.setFont(font);
-    p.drawText(textPixmap.rect(), Qt::AlignLeft, text);
+    // FIXME: the center alignment here is odd: the rect should be the size needed by
+    //        the text, but for some fonts and configurations this is off by a pixel or so
+    //        and "centering" the text painting 'fixes' that. Need to research why
+    //        this is the case and determine if we should be painting it differently here,
+    //        doing soething different with the boundingRect call or if it's a problem
+    //        in Qt itself
+    p.drawText(textPixmap.rect(), Qt::AlignCenter, text);
     p.end();
 
     //Draw blurred shadow