diff --git a/src/lib/visual.c b/src/lib/visual.c
index d937cd05a..6f1abfae7 100644
--- a/src/lib/visual.c
+++ b/src/lib/visual.c
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_render_cells(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct blitse
       } // else stretch
     }
     if(flags & NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED){
+      // FIXME this only centers
       placex = (ncplane_dim_x(n) - dispcols / encoding_x_scale(&nc->tcache, bset)) / 2;
     }
   }
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_render_cells(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct blitse
 
 ncplane* ncvisual_render_pixels(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct blitset* bset,
                                 int placey, int placex, int begy, int begx,
-                                ncplane* n, ncscale_e scaling){
+                                ncplane* n, ncscale_e scaling, uint64_t flags){
   ncplane* stdn = notcurses_stdplane(nc);
   if(stdn == n){
     logerror(nc, "Won't render bitmaps to the standard plane\n");
@@ -522,6 +523,9 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_render_pixels(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct blits
       .resizecb = NULL,
       .flags = 0,
     };
+    if(flags & NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED){
+      nopts.flags |= NCPLANE_OPTION_HORALIGNED;
+    }
     if((n = ncplane_create(stdn, &nopts)) == NULL){
       return NULL;
     }
@@ -533,12 +537,21 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_render_pixels(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct blits
       dispcols *= nc->tcache.cellpixx;
       disprows *= nc->tcache.cellpixy;
       dispcols -= (placex * nc->tcache.cellpixx + 1);
-      disprows -= (placey * nc->tcache.cellpixy + 1);
+      if(!(flags & NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED)){
+        disprows -= (placey * nc->tcache.cellpixy + 1);
+      }
     }
   }
   if(scaling == NCSCALE_SCALE || scaling == NCSCALE_SCALE_HIRES){
     scale_visual(ncv, &disprows, &dispcols);
   }
+  if(flags & NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED){
+    if(placex == NCALIGN_CENTER){
+      placex = (ncplane_dim_x(n) - dispcols / nc->tcache.cellpixx) / 2;
+    }else if(placex == NCALIGN_RIGHT){
+      placex = ncplane_dim_x(n) - dispcols / nc->tcache.cellpixx;
+    }
+  }
 //fprintf(stderr, "pblit: %dx%d <- %dx%d of %d/%d stride %u @%dx%d %p %u\n", disprows, dispcols, begy, begx, ncv->rows, ncv->cols, ncv->rowstride, placey, placex, ncv->data, nc->tcache.cellpixx);
   blitterargs bargs;
   bargs.begy = begy;
@@ -614,8 +627,8 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_render(notcurses* nc, ncvisual* ncv, const struct ncvisual_opt
     n = ncvisual_render_cells(nc, ncv, bset, placey, placex, begy, begx, leny, lenx,
                               n, scaling, vopts ? vopts->flags : 0);
   }else{
-    // FIXME pass flags
-    n = ncvisual_render_pixels(nc, ncv, bset, placey, placex, begy, begx, n, scaling);
+    n = ncvisual_render_pixels(nc, ncv, bset, placey, placex, begy, begx, n, scaling,
+                               vopts ? vopts->flags : 0);
   }
   return n;
 }