diff --git a/lib/weblib.php b/lib/weblib.php
index df5a8e51b5e..67a472b0a20 100644
--- a/lib/weblib.php
+++ b/lib/weblib.php
@@ -4968,7 +4968,7 @@ function notify($message, $style='notifyproblem', $align='center', $return=false
 
     $message = clean_text($message);
 
-    $output = '<div class="'.$style.'" align="'. $align .'">'. $message .'</div>'."<br />\n";
+    $output = '<div class="'.$style.'" style="text-align:'. $align .'">'. $message .'</div>'."<br />\n";
 
     if ($return) {
         return $output;