diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 9ac092b3..8b6d80fe 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
                     <include>application.properties</include>
                     <!-- add json-ld data-->
                     <include>json-ld/*</include>
+                    <include>banner.txt</include>
                 </includes>
                 <targetPath>BOOT-INF/classes/</targetPath>
             </resource>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3bc3447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+  ____             _       ____             _                  _
+ |  _ \ _   _ _ __(_)___  | __ )  __ _  ___| | _____ _ __   __| |
+ | |_) | | | | '__| / __| |  _ \ / _` |/ __| |/ / _ \ '_ \ / _` |
+ |  __/| |_| | |  | \__ \ | |_) | (_| | (__|   <  __/ | | | (_| |
+ |_|    \__,_|_|  |_|___/ |____/ \__,_|\___|_|\_\___|_| |_|\__,_|
+
+