diff --git a/libsrc/atari7800/buildfont160.py b/libsrc/atari7800/buildfont160.py
index bb944e335..30ee02695 100644
--- a/libsrc/atari7800/buildfont160.py
+++ b/libsrc/atari7800/buildfont160.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ fname= fname + '.s'
 with open(fname, 'w') as f:
     f.write("    .export _font160\n")
     f.write('    .rodata\n')
+    f.write('    .align 256\n')
     f.write("_font160:\n")
     for i in range(0, int(len(data)/32)):
         printline(f, data[i * 32:i * 32 + 32])
diff --git a/libsrc/atari7800/font160.s b/libsrc/atari7800/font160.s
index e9c2e46d8..e5ebbede2 100644
--- a/libsrc/atari7800/font160.s
+++ b/libsrc/atari7800/font160.s
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
     .export _font160
     .rodata
+    .align 256
 _font160:
     .byte $0, $0, $41, $41, $0, $0, $14, $0
     .byte $0, $0, $0, $0, $1, $40, $0, $0