diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1f08a461..876bcb431 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - DOMQuery now raises InvalidQueryFormat in response to invalid query strings, rather than cryptic CSS error
 - Dropped quit_after, screenshot, and screenshot_title from App.run, which can all be done via auto_pilot
 - Widgets are now closed in reversed DOM order
+- Input widget justify hardcoded to left to prevent text-align interference
 - Changed `textual run` so that it patches `argv` in more situations
 
 ### Added
@@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added auto_pilot to App.run and App.run_async
 - Added Widget._get_virtual_dom to get scrollbars
 - Added size parameter to run and run_async
+- Added always_update to reactive
 - Returned an awaitable from push_screen, switch_screen, and install_screen https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1061
 
-
 ## [0.2.1] - 2022-10-23
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/textual/__init__.py b/src/textual/__init__.py
index 1a712e0c8..2a45b7360 100644
--- a/src/textual/__init__.py
+++ b/src/textual/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 import inspect
-from typing import Callable, TYPE_CHECKING
+import sys
+from typing import Callable
 
 import rich.repr
 from rich.console import RenderableType
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ __all__ = ["log", "panic"]
 from ._context import active_app
 from ._log import LogGroup, LogVerbosity
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from .app import App
-
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     from typing import TypeAlias
 else:  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_input.py b/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
index 936d59d68..c82e1074c 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Input(Widget, can_focus=True):
 
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
         if not self.value:
-            placeholder = Text(self.placeholder)
+            placeholder = Text(self.placeholder, justify="left")
             placeholder.stylize(self.get_component_rich_style("input--placeholder"))
             if self.has_focus:
                 cursor_style = self.get_component_rich_style("input--cursor")