diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 8cc704a26..a4cb7f889 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ class SPAStaticFiles(StaticFiles):
                 raise ex
 
 
+print(
+    f"""
+  ___                    __        __   _     _   _ ___ 
+ / _ \ _ __   ___ _ __   \ \      / /__| |__ | | | |_ _|
+| | | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \   \ \ /\ / / _ \ '_ \| | | || | 
+| |_| | |_) |  __/ | | |   \ V  V /  __/ |_) | |_| || | 
+ \___/| .__/ \___|_| |_|    \_/\_/ \___|_.__/ \___/|___|
+      |_|                                               
+
+      
+v{VERSION} - building the best open-source AI user interface.      
+https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
+"""
+)
+
 app = FastAPI(docs_url="/docs" if ENV == "dev" else None, redoc_url=None)
 
 app.state.MODEL_FILTER_ENABLED = MODEL_FILTER_ENABLED