diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d304828..1c182c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*~
 _*
 *.o
 *.d
diff --git a/data.S b/data.S
index c0eb55b..8b651b4 100644
--- a/data.S
+++ b/data.S
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // or to write a linker script, but this is simplest.
 
 .data
+.align 4096
 .globl data
 data:
   .word 1
-