diff --git a/Tools/pynche/StripViewer.py b/Tools/pynche/StripViewer.py
index 44f006a7e05..84fe741e7e1 100644
--- a/Tools/pynche/StripViewer.py
+++ b/Tools/pynche/StripViewer.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def _create(self, x):
 	text = self._canvas.create_text(
 	    x - self._ARROWWIDTH + 15,		  # TBD: kludge
 	    self._ARROWHEIGHT - self._TEXTYOFFSET,
+            justify=RIGHT,
 	    text='128',
 	    tags=self._TAG)
 	return arrow, text