diff --git a/player/simplay.cc b/player/simplay.cc
index e5894002b..9be63e51b 100644
--- a/player/simplay.cc
+++ b/player/simplay.cc
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ void player_t::display_messages()
 
 	FOR(slist_tpl<income_message_t*>, const m, messages) {
 
-		const scr_coord scr_pos = vp->get_screen_coord(koord3d(m->pos,welt->lookup_hgt(m->pos)),koord(0,m->alter >> 4));
+		const scr_coord scr_pos = vp->get_screen_coord(koord3d(m->pos,welt->lookup_hgt(m->pos)),koord(0,m->alter >> 4))
+								  += scr_coord((get_tile_raster_width()-display_calc_proportional_string_len_width(m->str, 0x7FFF)) / 2, 0);
 
 		display_shadow_proportional_rgb( scr_pos.x, scr_pos.y, PLAYER_FLAG|color_idx_to_rgb(player_color_1+3), color_idx_to_rgb(COL_BLACK), m->str, true);
 		if(  m->pos.x < 3  ||  m->pos.y < 3  ) {