Fontawesome not vertically aligned in alert [5.0.1]

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Would anyone know how to fix the vertical alignment of fontawesome fonts?
I have of course tried adding vertical-align: middle to .fa.

Code used is

<div class="d-flex align-items-start alert alert-danger mt-2 mb-3 mb-0 px-4 py-2" role="alert">
    <div class="me-2 align-self-center"><i class="fas fa-exclamation-circle fa-lg"></i></div>
    <div>Test test test test test</div>
</div>