diff --git a/src/ui/editors/basicHighlighter.py b/src/ui/editors/basicHighlighter.py
index 02621398..a712bdcc 100644
--- a/src/ui/editors/basicHighlighter.py
+++ b/src/ui/editors/basicHighlighter.py
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class basicHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
         """Apply syntax highlighting to the given block of text.
         """
 
-        QTextCursor(self.currentBlock()).setBlockFormat(self._defaultBlockFormat)
+        bf = QTextBlockFormat(self._defaultBlockFormat)
+        bf.setAlignment(QTextCursor(self.currentBlock()).blockFormat().alignment())
+        QTextCursor(self.currentBlock()).setBlockFormat(bf)
         #self.setFormat(0, len(text), self._defaultCharFormat)
         
         # Spell checking
diff --git a/src/ui/views/textEditView.py b/src/ui/views/textEditView.py
index 25b8a94f..9ef47451 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/textEditView.py
+++ b/src/ui/views/textEditView.py
@@ -456,15 +456,15 @@ class textEditView(QTextEdit):
                 
                 cursor = self.textCursor()
                 
-                bf = cursor.blockFormat()
+                #bf = cursor.blockFormat()
+                bf = QTextBlockFormat()
                 bf.setAlignment(
                     Qt.AlignLeft if _format == "Left" else
                     Qt.AlignHCenter if _format == "Center" else
                     Qt.AlignRight if _format == "Right" else
                     Qt.AlignJustify)
-                print(bf.alignment() == Qt.AlignLeft)
                 
-                cursor.mergeBlockFormat(bf)
+                cursor.setBlockFormat(bf)
                 self.setTextCursor(cursor)
         
         elif self._textFormat == "t2t":