diff --git a/src/demo/xray.c b/src/demo/xray.c
index 1797788a4..a964b5933 100644
--- a/src/demo/xray.c
+++ b/src/demo/xray.c
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ int xray_demo(struct notcurses* nc){
   struct ncvisual_options vopts = {
     .n = n,
     .y = NCALIGN_CENTER,
+    .x = NCALIGN_CENTER,
     .scaling = NCSCALE_SCALE_HIRES,
     .blitter = NCBLIT_PIXEL,
     .flags = NCVISUAL_OPTION_NODEGRADE // to test for NCBLIT_PIXEL
-              | NCVISUAL_OPTION_VERALIGNED,
+              | NCVISUAL_OPTION_VERALIGNED | NCVISUAL_OPTION_HORALIGNED,
   };
   float dm = 0;
   // returns 0 if the selected blitter isn't available