diff --git a/saco/saco.vcproj b/saco/saco.vcproj
index 92b6bfa..722ce3c 100644
--- a/saco/saco.vcproj
+++ b/saco/saco.vcproj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="TRUE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				StructMemberAlignment="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SACO_EXPORTS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				StructMemberAlignment="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"