diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d79ea2..5b0d9a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,14 +72,19 @@ local default_config = {
       remove_colon_start = false,
       remove_colon_end = false,
     },
+    position = {
+      -- where to show the hints. values can be:
+      --   nil: show hints after the end of the line
+      --   "max_len": show hints after the longest line in the file
+      --   "start_of_line": show hints relative to the start of the line (set padding to ~100)
+      align = nil,
+      -- extra padding on the left if align is not nil
+      padding = 1,
+    },
     only_current_line = false,
     -- separator between types and parameter hints. Note that type hints are
     -- shown before parameter
     labels_separator = "  ",
-    -- whether to align to the length of the longest line in the file
-    max_len_align = false,
-    -- padding from the left if max_len_align is true
-    max_len_align_padding = 1,
     -- highlight group
     highlight = "LspInlayHint",
     -- virt_text priority
diff --git a/lua/lsp-inlayhints/config.lua b/lua/lsp-inlayhints/config.lua
index e8ff4ed..a1f2768 100644
--- a/lua/lsp-inlayhints/config.lua
+++ b/lua/lsp-inlayhints/config.lua
@@ -40,13 +40,18 @@ local default_config = {
       remove_colon_start = false,
       remove_colon_end = false,
     },
+    position = {
+      -- where to show the hints. values can be:
+      --   nil: show hints after the end of the line
+      --   "max_len": show hints after the longest line in the file
+      --   "start_of_line": show hints relative to the start of the line (set padding to ~100)
+      align = nil,
+      -- extra padding on the left if align is not nil
+      padding = 1,
+    },
     only_current_line = false,
     -- separator between types and parameter hints. Note that type hints are shown before parameter
     labels_separator = "  ",
-    -- whether to align to the length of the longest line in the file
-    max_len_align = false,
-    -- padding from the left if max_len_align is true
-    max_len_align_padding = 1,
     -- highlight group
     highlight = "LspInlayHint",
     -- virt_text priority
diff --git a/lua/lsp-inlayhints/handler_helper.lua b/lua/lsp-inlayhints/handler_helper.lua
index 83120f0..f1f1f33 100644
--- a/lua/lsp-inlayhints/handler_helper.lua
+++ b/lua/lsp-inlayhints/handler_helper.lua
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ end
 
 local render_hints = function(bufnr, parsed, namespace, range)
   local max_len
-  if opts.max_len_align then
-    max_len = get_max_len(bufnr, parsed)
+  if opts.position.align then
+    if opts.position.align == "max_len" then
+      max_len = get_max_len(bufnr, parsed)
+    elseif opts.position.align == "start_of_line" then
+      max_len = 0
+    end
   end
 
   if opts.only_current_line then
@@ -116,11 +120,8 @@ local render_hints = function(bufnr, parsed, namespace, range)
     end
 
     local padding = ""
-    if opts.max_len_align then
-      padding = string.rep(
-        " ",
-        max_len - current_line(bufnr, line):len() + opts.max_len_align_padding
-      )
+    if opts.position.align then
+      padding = string.rep(" ", max_len - current_line(bufnr, line):len() + opts.position.padding)
     end
 
     if virt_text ~= "" then