diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 26a7b04b..ccae979b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     },
     
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/PHPUnit": "~4.0",
+        "phpunit/PHPUnit": "~4|~5",
         "satooshi/php-coveralls": "~0.6",
         "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "1.10.*",
         
diff --git a/src/ZfcDatagrid/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/Columns.php b/src/ZfcDatagrid/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/Columns.php
index f1e00b06..fdd099d1 100644
--- a/src/ZfcDatagrid/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/Columns.php
+++ b/src/ZfcDatagrid/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/Columns.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 class Columns extends AbstractHelper implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface
 {
+    /** @var  \Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator|null|false */
     private $translator;
 
     const STYLE_BOLD = 'cellvalue = \'<span style="font-weight: bold;">\' + cellvalue + \'</span>\';';
@@ -35,12 +36,8 @@ private function translate($message)
         }
 
         if (null === $this->translator) {
-            if ($this->getServiceLocator()
-                ->getServiceLocator()
-                ->has('translator')) {
-                $this->translator = $this->getServiceLocator()
-                    ->getServiceLocator()
-                    ->get('translator');
+            if ($this->getServiceLocator()->has('translator')) {
+                $this->translator = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('translator');
             } else {
                 $this->translator = false;
 
@@ -82,8 +79,20 @@ public function __invoke(array $columns)
                 $options['formatter'] = (string) $formatter;
             }
 
-            if ($column->getType() instanceof Type\Number) {
-                $options['align'] = (string) 'right';
+            $alignAlreadyDefined = false;
+            if ($column->hasStyles()) {
+                foreach ($column->getStyles() as $style) {
+                    /** @var \ZfcDatagrid\Column\Style\Align $style */
+                    if (get_class($style) == 'ZfcDatagrid\Column\Style\Align') {
+                        $options['align'] = $style->getAlignment();
+                        $alignAlreadyDefined = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!$alignAlreadyDefined && $column->getType() instanceof Type\Number) {
+                $options['align'] = Column\Style\Align::$RIGHT;
             }
 
             /*
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ private function getStyles(Column\AbstractColumn $col)
                     break;
 
                 case 'ZfcDatagrid\Column\Style\Align':
-                    $styleString = 'cellvalue = \'<span style="text-align: ' . $style->getAlignment() . ';">\' + cellvalue + \'</span>\';';
+                    // do NOTHING! we have to add the align style in the gridcell and not in a span!
                     break;
 
                 default:
diff --git a/tests/ZfcDatagridTest/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/ColumnsTest.php b/tests/ZfcDatagridTest/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/ColumnsTest.php
index ebc456e5..9ba37adb 100644
--- a/tests/ZfcDatagridTest/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/ColumnsTest.php
+++ b/tests/ZfcDatagridTest/Renderer/JqGrid/View/Helper/ColumnsTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 class ColumnsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /** @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Zend\View\HelperPluginManager */
     private $sm;
 
     /**
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public function testServiceLocator()
         $helper = new Helper\Columns();
 
         $helper->setServiceLocator($this->sm);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface', $helper->getServiceLocator());
         $this->assertSame($this->sm, $helper->getServiceLocator());
     }
 
@@ -223,4 +225,52 @@ public function testStyleByValueNotSupported()
         $this->setExpectedException('Exception', 'Currently not supported filter operation: "' . Filter::IN . '"');
         $result = $helper($cols);
     }
+
+    public function testTranslate()
+    {
+        /** @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager $sm */
+        $sm = $this->getMock('Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager', null);
+
+        $helper = new Helper\Columns();
+        $helper->setServiceLocator($sm);
+
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($helper);
+        $method = $reflection->getMethod('translate');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $result = $method->invokeArgs($helper, ['test']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('test', $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testTranslateWithMockedTranslator()
+    {
+        /** @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager $sm */
+        $sm = $this->getMock('Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager', null);
+
+        $translator = $this->getMockBuilder('Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->setMethods(['translate'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        // Configure the stub.
+        $translator->method('translate')
+            ->will($this->returnValueMap([
+                ['test', 'default', null, 'translate']
+            ]));
+
+        $sm->setService('translator', $translator);
+        $helper = new Helper\Columns();
+        $helper->setServiceLocator($sm);
+
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($helper);
+        $method = $reflection->getMethod('translate');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $result = $method->invokeArgs($helper, ['test']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('translate', $result);
+    }
+
+
 }