diff --git a/include/merian/vk/sampler/sampler_pool.hpp b/include/merian/vk/sampler/sampler_pool.hpp
index 8d7a3d7..491f0e7 100644
--- a/include/merian/vk/sampler/sampler_pool.hpp
+++ b/include/merian/vk/sampler/sampler_pool.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class SamplerPool : public std::enable_shared_from_this<SamplerPool> {
     SamplerHandle nearest_repeat();
 
   private:
-    struct SamplerState {
+    struct alignas(32) SamplerState {
         vk::SamplerCreateInfo createInfo{};
         vk::SamplerReductionModeCreateInfo reduction{};
         vk::SamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo ycbr{};