diff --git a/bookwyrm/static/css/bookwyrm.css b/bookwyrm/static/css/bookwyrm.css
index 6d9ec93d9..8675c6afc 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/static/css/bookwyrm.css
+++ b/bookwyrm/static/css/bookwyrm.css
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ button {
     overflow: visible;
     background: transparent;
 
-    /* inherit font & color from ancestor */
+    /* inherit font, color & alignment from ancestor */
     color: inherit;
     font: inherit;
+    text-align: inherit;
 
     /* Normalize `line-height`. Cannot be changed from `normal` in Firefox 4+. */
     line-height: normal;