diff --git a/site/_includes/footer.html b/site/_includes/footer.html
index 564d035..fc459d1 100644
--- a/site/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/site/_includes/footer.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div class="head">INFO</div>
       <div class="child">
         Author: {{page.author}}<br>
-        <a href="/credits.html">Credits</a>
+        <a href="/credits.html">Credits</a> <!-- TODO: talk about link formatting in footer -->
       </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/site/_sass/_footer.scss b/site/_sass/_footer.scss
index db649ba..e0574d5 100644
--- a/site/_sass/_footer.scss
+++ b/site/_sass/_footer.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 footer{
   background-color: grey; /* TODO: replace placeholder color and add text color */
   overflow: auto;
+  text-align: left;
 }
 
 footer > div {