diff --git a/ROPgadget/ropgadget/ropchain/arch/ropmakerx86.py b/ROPgadget/ropgadget/ropchain/arch/ropmakerx86.py
index 368f728..e7d858a 100644
--- a/ROPgadget/ropgadget/ropchain/arch/ropmakerx86.py
+++ b/ROPgadget/ropgadget/ropchain/arch/ropmakerx86.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import re
 from   capstone import *
 from textwrap import wrap
 import sys
+import math
 from struct import pack
 
 
@@ -126,26 +127,30 @@ class ROPMakerX86(object):
         command = self.execPath
         # split command into chunks of 4, prepend with /s as necessary
         if len(command) % 4 > 0:
-            command = (4 - (len(command) % 4)) * "/" + command
+            command = padding_len(len(command)) * "/" + command
         command_chunks = wrap(command, 4)
 
         ## EXEC (ARG0) \0 ARG1 \0 ARG2 \0 ... \0 PTR->EXEC PTR->ARG1 PTR->ARG2 ... \0 ##
 
-        args = []
+        args = ["test", "test1", "long string example"]
+        chunked_args = []
+        for arg in args:
+            if len(arg) % 4 > 0:
+                arg = arg + padding_len(len(arg)) * "!"
+            chunked_args.append(wrap)
         
         # & ( "cat" \0 )
         exec_addr = dataAddr
 
-        arg_addr  = []
-
         # setup argv array
         # [ & "--run" \0 , & "--verbose" \0 ]
         # note that the null bytes may be written "earlier", when the string is not len % 4 == 0
+        arg_addr  = []
         acc_addr = exec_addr + len(command) + 4
         for i, arg in enumerate(args):
             arg_addr.append(acc_addr)
 
-            acc_addr += len(arg) + (4 - (len(arg) % 4)) + 4
+            acc_addr += len(arg) + padding_len(len(arg)) + 4
 
         # & ( [ ptr -> "cat" ] ++ arg_addr )
         argv_addr = acc_addr
@@ -180,6 +185,7 @@ class ROPMakerX86(object):
         # Write Argument Strings #
         ##########################
 
+        
 
         ####################
         # Write Argv Array #
@@ -308,3 +314,8 @@ class ROPMakerX86(object):
 
         self.__buildRopChain(write4where[0], popDst, popSrc, xorSrc, xorEax, incEax, popEbx, popEcx, popEdx, syscall)
 
+# def round_n(x, n):
+#     return int(math.ceil(x / n) * n)
+
+def padding_len(x):
+    return -(x % -4)