diff --git a/render/render.h b/render/render.h
index 0034ad47..d9438edc 100644
--- a/render/render.h
+++ b/render/render.h
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ struct _RrTextureText {
     gint shadow_offset_x;
     gint shadow_offset_y;
     RrColor *shadow_color;
-    guchar shadow_alpha;
     gboolean shortcut; /*!< Underline a character */
     guint shortcut_pos; /*!< Position in bytes of the character to underline */
     RrEllipsizeMode ellipsize;
     gboolean flow; /* allow multiple lines.  must set maxwidth below */
     gint maxwidth;
+    guchar shadow_alpha; /* at the bottom to improve alignment */
 };
 
 struct _RrPixmapMask {