diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp b/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
index cff137481..6381f04ed 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ static int8_t getTextVerticalOffset(LcdFlags flags)
   if (font_index >= sizeof(text_vertical_offset)) {
     return 0;
   }
-  return text_vertical_offset[font_index];
+  int vcenter = 0;
+  if (flags & VCENTERED)
+    vcenter = 0.5 * getFontHeight(flags & 0xFFFF);
+  return text_vertical_offset[font_index] - vcenter;
 }
 
 /*luadoc
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp b/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
index 41d88a631..f37484340 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
@@ -1861,6 +1861,7 @@ const luaR_value_entry opentxConstants[] = {
 #endif
 #if defined(COLORLCD)
   { "BOLD", FONT(BOLD) },
+  { "VCENTER", VCENTERED },
 #else
   { "BOLD", BOLD },
 #endif
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp b/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
index 585603ff3..67259d620 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void LuaWidget::background()
 {
   if (lsWidgets == 0 || errorMessage) return;
 
-  TRACE("LuaWidget::background()");
+  // TRACE("LuaWidget::background()");
   luaSetInstructionsLimit(lsWidgets, WIDGET_SCRIPTS_MAX_INSTRUCTIONS);
   LuaWidgetFactory * factory = (LuaWidgetFactory *)this->factory;
   if (factory->backgroundFunction) {