diff --git a/clients/oxygen/oxygen.cpp b/clients/oxygen/oxygen.cpp
index 7a9b825bf..324affab5 100644
--- a/clients/oxygen/oxygen.cpp
+++ b/clients/oxygen/oxygen.cpp
@@ -1,123 +1,123 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // oxygenbutton.h
 // -------------------
 // Oxygen window decoration for KDE.
 // -------------------
 // Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Riccardo Iaconelli <ruphy@fsfe.org>
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
 // deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
 // rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
 // sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 //
 // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 // all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 //
 // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 // IN THE SOFTWARE.
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include "oxygenclient.h"
 #include "oxygen.h"
 extern "C"
 {
 KDE_EXPORT KDecorationFactory* create_factory()
 {
     return new Oxygen::OxygenFactory();
 }
 }
 namespace Oxygen
 {
 
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // OxygenFactory Class                                                     //
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 bool OxygenFactory::initialized_ = false;
-Qt::Alignment OxygenFactory::titlealign_ = Qt::AlignHCenter;
+Qt::Alignment OxygenFactory::titlealign_ = Qt::AlignLeft;
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // OxygenFactory()
 // ----------------
 // Constructor
 
 OxygenFactory::OxygenFactory()
 {
     readConfig();
     initialized_ = true;
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // ~OxygenFactory()
 // -----------------
 // Destructor
 
 OxygenFactory::~OxygenFactory() { initialized_ = false; }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // createDecoration()
 // -----------------
 // Create the decoration
 
 KDecoration* OxygenFactory::createDecoration(KDecorationBridge* b)
 {
     return new OxygenClient(b, this);
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // reset()
 // -------
 // Reset the handler. Returns true if decorations need to be remade, false if
 // only a repaint is necessary
 
 bool OxygenFactory::reset(unsigned long changed)
 {
     // read in the configuration
     initialized_ = false;
     bool confchange = readConfig();
     initialized_ = true;
 
     if (confchange ||
         (changed & (SettingDecoration | SettingButtons | SettingBorder))) {
         return true;
     } else {
         resetDecorations(changed);
         return false;
     }
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // readConfig()
 // ------------
 // Read in the configuration file
 
 bool OxygenFactory::readConfig()
 {
     // create a config object
     KConfig config("kwinexamplerc");
     KConfigGroup group = config.group("General");
 
     // grab settings
     Qt::Alignment oldalign = titlealign_;
-    QString value = group.readEntry("TitleAlignment", "AlignHCenter");
+    QString value = group.readEntry("TitleAlignment", "AlignLeft");
     if (value == "AlignLeft") titlealign_ = Qt::AlignLeft;
     else if (value == "AlignHCenter") titlealign_ = Qt::AlignHCenter;
     else if (value == "AlignRight") titlealign_ = Qt::AlignRight;
 
     if (oldalign == titlealign_)
         return false;
     else
         return true;
 }
 
 
 
 } //namespace Oxygen