diff --git a/beamerthemeawesome.sty b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
index 6d8e55b..3ba3575 100644
--- a/beamerthemeawesome.sty
+++ b/beamerthemeawesome.sty
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ segmentation style={solid, shorten >=1mm,shorten <=1mm, line width=\smile@linewi
 	\end{beamercolorbox}%
 }}
 
-\def\awesome@smalldot{\tikz[baseline=-.5ex]\node[circle,inner sep=0.16,draw=black,fill=black]{};}
+\def\awesome@smalldot{\tikz[baseline=-.6ex]\node[circle,inner sep=0.16,draw=black,fill=black]{};}
 \def\awesome@fulldot{\tikz[baseline=-.6ex]\node[circle,inner sep=0.32ex,draw=black,fill=black]{};}
 \def\awesome@emptydot{\tikz[baseline=-.6ex]\node[circle,inner sep=0.32ex,draw=black,fill=none]{};}