diff --git a/gguf.py b/gguf.py
index 1e4f8ea3b..5eb21ee05 100644
--- a/gguf.py
+++ b/gguf.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
     def __init__(self, fout: IO):
         self.fout = fout
         self.offset_tensor = 0
+        self.data_alignment = constants.GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT
         self.kv_data = b""
         self.kv_data_count = 0
         self.ti_data = b""
@@ -191,16 +192,17 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         dtype = GGMLQuantizationType.F32 if tensor.dtype == np.float32 else GGMLQuantizationType.F16
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<I", dtype)
         self.ti_data += struct.pack("<Q", self.offset_tensor)
-        self.offset_tensor += GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, constants.GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT)
+        self.offset_tensor += GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, self.data_alignment)
         self.ti_data_count += 1
 
     def write_tensor_to_file(self, tensor: np.ndarray):
-        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(self.fout.tell(), constants.GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT) - self.fout.tell()
+        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(self.fout.tell(), self.data_alignment) - self.fout.tell()
         if pad != 0:
             self.fout.write(bytes([0] * pad))
 
         tensor.tofile(self.fout)
-        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, constants.GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT) - tensor.nbytes
+        
+        pad = GGUFWriter.ggml_pad(tensor.nbytes, self.data_alignment) - tensor.nbytes
         if pad != 0:
             self.fout.write(bytes([0] * pad))
 
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
             constants.KEY_GENERAL_QUANTIZATION_VERSION, quantization_version)
 
     def add_custom_alignment(self, alignment: int):
+        self.data_alignment = alignment
         self.add_uint32(constants.KEY_GENERAL_ALIGNMENT, alignment)
 
     def add_context_length(self, llm: str, length: int):