diff --git a/lecture.cls b/lecture.cls
index 841f5a8..e90341b 100644
--- a/lecture.cls
+++ b/lecture.cls
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
   }
   % replace all relations with align characters (&) and add the needed padding
   \regex_replace_all:nnN
-  { (\c{iff}&|&\c{iff}|\c{impliedby}&|&\c{impliedby}|\c{implies}&|&\c{implies}|\c{approx}&|&\c{approx}|\c{equiv}&|&\c{equiv}|=&|&=|\c{le}&|&\c{le}|\c{ge}&|&\c{ge}|&\c{stackrel}(\[.*?\])?{.*?}{.*?}|\c{stackrel}(\[.*?\])?{.*?}{.*?}&|&\c{neq}|\c{neq}&|>&|&>|<&|&<) }
+  { (\c{leq}&|&\c{leq}|\c{geq}&|&\c{geq}|\c{iff}&|&\c{iff}|\c{impliedby}&|&\c{impliedby}|\c{implies}&|&\c{implies}|\c{approx}&|&\c{approx}|\c{equiv}&|&\c{equiv}|=&|&=|\c{le}&|&\c{le}|\c{ge}&|&\c{ge}|&\c{stackrel}(\[.*?\])?{.*?}{.*?}|\c{stackrel}(\[.*?\])?{.*?}{.*?}&|&\c{neq}|\c{neq}&|>&|&>|<&|&<) }
       { \c{kern} \u{l_tmp_dim_needed} \1 \c{kern} \u{l_tmp_dim_needed} }
       \l__lec_text_tl
   \l__lec_text_tl