diff --git a/src/widgets/alignment.zig b/src/widgets/alignment.zig
index f714479..bab5e5b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/alignment.zig
+++ b/src/widgets/alignment.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const Window = @import("../Window.zig");
 
 pub fn center(parent: Window, cols: usize, rows: usize) Window {
-    const y_off = (parent.height / 2) - (rows / 2);
-    const x_off = (parent.width / 2) - (cols / 2);
+    const y_off = (parent.height / 2) -| (rows / 2);
+    const x_off = (parent.width / 2) -| (cols / 2);
     return parent.initChild(x_off, y_off, .{ .limit = cols }, .{ .limit = rows });
 }