diff --git a/docs/example-widget-align-character.html b/docs/example-widget-align-character.html
index 6ce29890..6e0f1167 100644
--- a/docs/example-widget-align-character.html
+++ b/docs/example-widget-align-character.html
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ td:nth-child(3) .ts-align-right i {
 		<h3><a href="#">Notes</a></h3>
 		<div>
 		<ul>
+			<li>In <span class="version">v2.18.5</span>, if there is nothing to the right of the set align character, then the align character will not be added; this prevents hanging decimals like <code>3000.</code>.<p></p></li>
 			<li>This widget will <strong>only work</strong> in tablesorter version 2.8+ and jQuery version 1.7+.</li>
 			<li>The widget is still in "beta", so options &amp; functionality may change without warning; and, it has not been thoroughly tested!</li>
 			<li>Make sure to include the CSS shown below to maintain the alignment.</li>
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ td:nth-child(3) .ts-align-right i {
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td>zyx 12</td>
-			<td>0.2</td>
+			<td>.2</td>
 			<td>Llama = llove it</td>
 			<td>http://aliens.nasa.gov/</td>
 		</tr>
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-alignChar.js b/js/widgets/widget-alignChar.js
index 982db1b4..337b7a9f 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-alignChar.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-alignChar.js
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ ts.alignChar = {
 			for (rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < len; rowIndex++) {
 				alignChar = $(wo.alignChar_wrap).length ? $(wo.alignChar_wrap).html(v.align)[0].outerHTML : v.align;
 				$row = rows.row ? rows.row[rowIndex] : rows.normalized[rowIndex][c.columns].$row;
+				last = right[rowIndex].slice(v.align.length);
 				$row.find('td').eq(v.column).html(
 					'<span class="ts-align-wrap"><span class="ts-align-left" style="' + wLeft + '">' + left[rowIndex] + '</span>' +
-					'<span class="ts-align-right" style="' + wRight + '">' + alignChar +
-					right[rowIndex].slice(v.align.length) + '</span></span>'
+					'<span class="ts-align-right" style="' + wRight + '">' + ( last.length ? alignChar + last : '' ) + '</span></span>'
 				);
 			}
 		}
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ ts.addWidget({
 			c.$table.trigger('refreshAlign');
 		}
 	},
-	remove : function(table, c, wo){
+	remove : function(table, c, wo, refreshing){
+		if (refreshing) { return; }
 		c.$headers.filter('[' + wo.alignChar_charAttrib + ']').each(function(){
 			ts.alignChar.remove(table, c, this.column);
 		});