diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b48f91c..c05ec659 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ yarn-error.log
 **/.sync.ffs_db
 .direnv
 .log
+
+.vscode
+todo.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/components/src/lib/distributionSpecBuilder.ts b/packages/components/src/lib/distributionSpecBuilder.ts
index 2b3ac952..aec730f3 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/lib/distributionSpecBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/lib/distributionSpecBuilder.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export function buildVegaSpec(
                     x: {
                       scale: "xscale",
                       field: "x",
+                      offset: 0.5,
                     },
                     y: {
                       scale: "yscale",