diff --git a/example/ping b/example/ping
index cc505f4..3defe2c 100755
--- a/example/ping
+++ b/example/ping
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ var score = new blessed.Box({
   top: 0,
   left: 4,
   height: 3,
-  width: 20,
+  width: 26,
+  border: {
+    type: 'ascii'
+  },
+  align: 'center',
   bold: true
 });
 
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ var text = new blessed.Box({
   left: 1,
   right: 1,
   height: 1,
+  align: 'center',
   content: 'Waiting for players to connect...'
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 4127131..13d55e7 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1022,16 +1022,17 @@ Box.prototype.render = function(stop) {
   }
 
   if (this.align === 'center' || this.align === 'right') {
-    var width = this.width - (this.border ? 2 : 0);
+    //var width = this.width - (this.border ? 2 : 0);
+    var width = this.width;
     var ncontent = content.split('\n')[0].replace(/\x1b\[[^m]*m/g, '');
     if (ncontent.length < width) {
-      var s = width - 1 - ncontent.length - 1;
+      var s = width - ncontent.length;
       if (this.align === 'center') {
         //xi_ += s / 2 | 0;
-        content = Array(s / 2 | 0).join(' ') + content;
+        content = Array(((s / 2 | 0) - (this.border ? 1 : 0)) + 1).join(' ') + content;
       } else {
         //xi_ += s;
-        content = Array(s).join(' ') + content;
+        content = Array((s - (this.border ? 2 : 0)) + 1).join(' ') + content;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1208,16 +1209,17 @@ Text.prototype.render = function(stop) {
   }
 
   if (this.align === 'center' || this.align === 'right') {
-    var width = this.width - (this.border ? 2 : 0);
+    //var width = this.width - (this.border ? 2 : 0);
+    var width = this.width;
     var ncontent = content.split('\n')[0].replace(/\x1b\[[^m]*m/g, '');
     if (ncontent.length < width) {
-      var s = width - 1 - ncontent.length - 1;
+      var s = width - ncontent.length;
       if (this.align === 'center') {
         //xi_ += s / 2 | 0;
-        content = Array(s / 2 | 0).join(' ') + content;
+        content = Array(((s / 2 | 0) - (this.border ? 1 : 0)) + 1).join(' ') + content;
       } else {
         //xi_ += s;
-        content = Array(s).join(' ') + content;
+        content = Array((s - (this.border ? 2 : 0)) + 1).join(' ') + content;
       }
     }
   }