diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void *pool_alloc(SettingsMemoryPo
 	uint pos;
 	SettingsMemoryPool *p = *pool;
 
-	size = ALIGN(size, 4); // align everything to a 32 bit boundary
+	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(void*));
 
 	// first check if there's memory in the next pool
 	if (p->next && p->next->pos + size <= p->next->size) {