diff --git a/rust/src/plane/methods.rs b/rust/src/plane/methods.rs
index 7e5559b5d..8c8952566 100644
--- a/rust/src/plane/methods.rs
+++ b/rust/src/plane/methods.rs
@@ -1204,12 +1204,27 @@ impl NcPlane {
     /// Returns `-`[NCRESULT_MAX][crate::NCRESULT_MAX] if
     /// [NCALIGN_UNALIGNED][crate::NCALIGN_UNALIGNED] or invalid [NcAlign].
     ///
-    /// *C style function: [ncplane_align()][crate::ncplane_align].*
+    /// *C style function: [ncplane_halign()][crate::ncplane_halign].*
     #[inline]
-    pub fn align(&mut self, align: NcAlign, cols: NcDim) -> NcResult<()> {
+    pub fn halign(&mut self, align: NcAlign, cols: NcDim) -> NcResult<()> {
         error![
-            crate::ncplane_align(self, align, cols),
-            &format!("NcPlane.align({:?}, {})", align, cols)
+            crate::ncplane_halign(self, halign, cols),
+            &format!("NcPlane.halign({:?}, {})", halign, cols)
+        ]
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the row at which `rows` rows ought start in order to be
+    /// aligned according to `align` within this NcPlane.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `-`[NCRESULT_MAX][crate::NCRESULT_MAX] if
+    /// [NCALIGN_UNALIGNED][crate::NCALIGN_UNALIGNED] or invalid [NcAlign].
+    ///
+    /// *C style function: [ncplane_valign()][crate::ncplane_valign].*
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn valign(&mut self, align: NcAlign, cols: NcDim) -> NcResult<()> {
+        error![
+            crate::ncplane_valign(self, valign, cols),
+            &format!("NcPlane.valign({:?}, {})", valign, cols)
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/src/demo/keller.c b/src/demo/keller.c
index 2ef2eabb5..8874fd48e 100644
--- a/src/demo/keller.c
+++ b/src/demo/keller.c
@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ visualize(struct notcurses* nc, struct ncvisual* ncv){
     struct ncvisual_options vopts = {
       .scaling = NCSCALE_SCALE,
       .blitter = bs[i],
-      .y = NCALIGN_CENTER,
       .flags = NCVISUAL_OPTION_NODEGRADE | NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED
                 | NCVISUAL_OPTION_VERALIGNED,
     };
     int scalex, scaley, truey, truex;
     ncvisual_geom(nc, ncv, &vopts, &truey, &truex, &scaley, &scalex);
     vopts.x = NCALIGN_CENTER;
-    vopts.y = (ncplane_dim_y(notcurses_stdplane(nc)) - truey / scaley) / 2;
-//fprintf(stderr, "X: %d truex: %d sclaex: %d\n", vopts.x, truex, scalex);
+    vopts.y = NCALIGN_CENTER;
+//fprintf(stderr, "X: %d truex: %d scalex: %d\n", vopts.x, truex, scalex);
     ncplane_erase(stdn);
     // if we're about to blit pixel graphics, render the screen as empty, so
     // that everything is damaged for the printing of the legend.
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ visualize(struct notcurses* nc, struct ncvisual* ncv){
         DEMO_RENDER(nc);
       }
       ncplane_printf_aligned(stdn, ncplane_dim_y(stdn) / 2 - 1, NCALIGN_CENTER,
-                            "%03dx%03d", truex, truey);
+                             "%03dx%03d", truex, truey);
       ncplane_printf_aligned(stdn, ncplane_dim_y(stdn) / 2 + 1, NCALIGN_CENTER,
-                            "%d:%d pixels -> cell", scalex, scaley);
+                             "%d:%d pixels -> cell", scalex, scaley);
     }
     const char* name = notcurses_str_blitter(bs[i]);
     ncplane_printf_aligned(stdn, ncplane_dim_y(stdn) / 2 - 3, NCALIGN_CENTER, "%sblitter", name);
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index e3f2dda42..f7e291360 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ ncplane* ncplane_new_internal(notcurses* nc, ncplane* n,
     }
     p->absx += n->absx;
     if(nopts->flags & NCPLANE_OPTION_VERALIGNED){
-      p->absy = ncplane_halign(n, nopts->y, nopts->rows);
+      p->absy = ncplane_valign(n, nopts->y, nopts->rows);
       p->valign = nopts->y;
     }else{
       p->absy = nopts->y;