diff --git a/src/seqdisp.c b/src/seqdisp.c
index 5937e4ba4..1e40c8fe8 100644
--- a/src/seqdisp.c
+++ b/src/seqdisp.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ BOOL seq_AddTextForVideo(const char* pText, SDWORD xOffset, SDWORD yOffset, SDWO
 	SDWORD sourceLength, currentLength;
 	char* currentText;
 	static SDWORD lastX;
-	const unsigned int BUFFER_WIDTH = pie_GetVideoBufferWidth();
+	// make sure we take xOffset into account, we don't always start at 0
+	const unsigned int BUFFER_WIDTH = pie_GetVideoBufferWidth() - xOffset;
 
 	iV_SetFont(font_regular);