diff --git a/www/index.html b/www/index.html
index 041ce95..c43e312 100644
--- a/www/index.html
+++ b/www/index.html
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@
                     </select>
                     <input id="text-size" type="number" name="text-size" min="1" max="100" value="20" data-key style="margin: 0px;"/>
                     <label data-i18n="wrap-by-space"><input type="checkbox" name="wrap-by-space" data-key checked />Wrap text</label>
+                    <label data-i18n="text-align">Align text</label>
+                    <select id="text-align" style="margin: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 10px;">
+                        <option value="left" data-i18n="align-left">Left</option>
+                        <option value="center" data-i18n="align-mid">Middle</option>
+                        <option value="right" data-i18n="align-right">Right</option>
+                    </select>
                 </div>
                 <div id="text-textarea">
                     <textarea id="insert-text-area"></textarea>
diff --git a/www/lang/de-DE.json b/www/lang/de-DE.json
index adbebc6..1ade635 100644
--- a/www/lang/de-DE.json
+++ b/www/lang/de-DE.json
@@ -107,5 +107,9 @@
     "text-font": "Schriftart",
     "text-size": "Textgröße",
     "enter-text": "Text eingeben",
-    "wrap-by-space": "Autom. Zeilenumbruch"
+    "wrap-by-space": "Autom. Zeilenumbruch",
+    "text-align": "Textausrichtung",
+    "align-left": "Linksbündig",
+    "align-mid": "Zentriert",
+    "align-right": "Rechtsbündig"
 }
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diff --git a/www/lang/en-US.json b/www/lang/en-US.json
index 8c39e0f..80ba3ce 100644
--- a/www/lang/en-US.json
+++ b/www/lang/en-US.json
@@ -132,5 +132,9 @@
     "text-font": "Font",
     "text-size": "Size",
     "enter-text": "Enter text",
-    "wrap-by-space": "Wrap words by spaces"
+    "wrap-by-space": "Wrap words by spaces",
+    "text-align": "Align text",
+    "align-left": "Left",
+    "align-mid": "Center",
+    "align-right": "Right"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/www/main.css b/www/main.css
index e7b8d80..100c7f7 100644
--- a/www/main.css
+++ b/www/main.css
@@ -660,4 +660,11 @@ body.high-contrast #control-overlay { background-color: var(--shade); }
     font-family: 'Unifont';
     src: local('Unifont') url('unifont.ttf') url('unifont.otf');
 }
-#insert-text-area { white-space: pre; height: 50vh; width: var(--paper-width); overflow: hidden auto; white-space: pre-line;}
+#insert-text-area { 
+    white-space: pre; 
+    height: 50vh; 
+    width: var(--paper-width); 
+    overflow: hidden auto; 
+    white-space: pre-line;
+    resize:none;
+}
diff --git a/www/main.js b/www/main.js
index afa6bbd..d44c459 100644
--- a/www/main.js
+++ b/www/main.js
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class CanvasController {
         this._thresholdRange = document.querySelector('[name="threshold"]');
         this._energyRange = document.querySelector('[name="energy"]');
         this.imageUrl = null;
-        this.textAlign = 0; // 0: Left, 1: Center, 2: Right
+        this.textAlign = document.getElementById("text-align");
 
         const prevent_default = (event) => {
             event.preventDefault();
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ class CanvasController {
         putEvent('#insert-text'   , 'click', () => Dialog.alert("#text-input", () => this.insertText(this.textArea.value)));
         putEvent('#text-size'   , 'change', () => this.textArea.style["font-size"] = this.textSize.value + "px"); 
         putEvent('#text-font'   , 'change', () => this.textArea.style["font-family"] = this.textFont.value); 
+        putEvent('#text-align'   , 'change', () => this.textArea.style["text-align"] = this.textAlign.value); 
         putEvent('input[name="wrap-by-space"]'   , 'change', () => this.textArea.style["word-break"] = this.wrapBySpace.checked ? "break-word" : "break-all");
         putEvent('#button-preview'   , 'click', this.activatePreview , this);
         putEvent('#button-reset'     , 'click', this.reset           , this);
@@ -513,9 +514,10 @@ class CanvasController {
         let y_pos = y_step;
         for (let line of lines) {
             let x_pos = 0;
-            if (this.textAlign == 2) {
+             // Text-alignment
+            if (this.textAlign.value == "right") {
                 x_pos = Math.max(max_width - ctx.measureText(line).width, 0)
-            } else if (this.textAlign == 1) {
+            } else if (this.textAlign.value == "center") {
                 x_pos = Math.max(max_width - ctx.measureText(line).width, 0) / 2;
             }