diff --git a/libsrc/tgi/tgi_outtextxy.s b/libsrc/tgi/tgi_outtextxy.s
index 6348210e5..c9b209261 100644
--- a/libsrc/tgi/tgi_outtextxy.s
+++ b/libsrc/tgi/tgi_outtextxy.s
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 _tgi_outtextxy:
         sta     ptr3
         stx     ptr3+1          ; Save s
+	jsr	popax		; get y from stack
         jsr     tgi_popxy       ; Pop x/y into ptr1/ptr2
         jmp     tgi_outtext     ; Call the driver