diff --git a/rupring/src/application_properties.rs b/rupring/src/application_properties.rs
index 70adebf..95f32f0 100644
--- a/rupring/src/application_properties.rs
+++ b/rupring/src/application_properties.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 | server.compression.min-response-size | The minimum response size to compress. (byte) | 2048 |
 | server.compression.algorithm | The compression algorithm to use. (gzip,deflate) | gzip |
 | server.thread.limit | The thread limit to use. | None(max) |
+| banner.enabled | Whether to enable the banner. | true |
+| banner.location | The location of the banner file. | None |
+| banner.charset | The charset of the banner file. (UTF-8, UTF-16) | UTF-8 |
 */
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 pub struct ApplicationProperties {
     pub server: Server,
     pub environment: String,
+    pub banner: Banner,
 
     pub etc: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ impl Default for ApplicationProperties {
             server: Server::default(),
             environment: "dev".to_string(),
             etc: HashMap::new(),
+            banner: Banner::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -107,6 +112,23 @@ impl Default for Compression {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+pub struct Banner {
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    pub charset: String,
+    pub location: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Default for Banner {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Banner {
+            enabled: true,
+            charset: "UTF-8".to_string(),
+            location: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 pub enum ShutdownType {
     Immediate,
@@ -174,6 +196,7 @@ impl ApplicationProperties {
         let mut server = Server::default();
         let mut environment = "dev".to_string();
         let mut etc = HashMap::new();
+        let mut banner = Banner::default();
 
         let mut key_values = HashMap::new();
 
@@ -251,6 +274,15 @@ impl ApplicationProperties {
                 "environment" => {
                     environment = value.to_string();
                 }
+                "banner.enabled" => {
+                    banner.enabled = value.parse::<bool>().unwrap_or(true);
+                }
+                "banner.location" => {
+                    banner.location = Some(value.to_string());
+                }
+                "banner.charset" => {
+                    banner.charset = value.to_string();
+                }
                 _ => {
                     etc.insert(key, value);
                 }
@@ -261,6 +293,7 @@ impl ApplicationProperties {
             server,
             etc,
             environment,
+            banner,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -300,6 +333,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     etc: HashMap::new(),
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -321,6 +355,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::from([("foo.bar".to_string(), "hello".to_string())]),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -341,6 +376,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::from([("asdf.fdsa".to_string(), "!!".to_string())]),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -362,6 +398,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::new(),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -382,6 +419,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::new(),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -402,6 +440,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "dev".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::new(),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
@@ -423,6 +462,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     environment: "prod".to_string(),
                     etc: HashMap::new(),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
                 before: || {
                     remove_all_env();
diff --git a/rupring/src/core/banner.rs b/rupring/src/core/banner.rs
index 1928089..5e0e673 100644
--- a/rupring/src/core/banner.rs
+++ b/rupring/src/core/banner.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,42 @@
-const RUPRING_TEXT: &'static str = r#",------.                       ,--.                
+use crate::application_properties::ApplicationProperties;
+
+const DEFAULT_BANNER_TEXT: &'static str = r#",------.                       ,--.                
 |  .--. ',--.,--. ,---. ,--.--.`--',--,--,  ,---.  
 |  '--'.'|  ||  || .-. ||  .--',--.|      \| .-. | 
 |  |\  \ '  ''  '| '-' '|  |   |  ||  ||  |' '-' ' 
 `--' '--' `----' |  |-' `--'   `--'`--''--'.`-  /  
                  `--'                      `---'   "#;
 
-pub fn print_banner() {
-    println!("{}", RUPRING_TEXT);
+pub fn print_banner(application_properties: &ApplicationProperties) {
+    if !application_properties.banner.enabled {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if let Some(location) = &application_properties.banner.location {
+        let bytes = std::fs::read(location).expect("Failed to find banner file");
+
+        let text = match application_properties
+            .banner
+            .charset
+            .to_uppercase()
+            .as_str()
+        {
+            "UTF-8" => String::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap_or_default(),
+            "UTF-16" => {
+                let utf16_bytes = bytes
+                    .chunks(2)
+                    .map(|b| u16::from_le_bytes([b[0], b[1]]))
+                    .collect::<Vec<u16>>();
+                String::from_utf16(&utf16_bytes).unwrap_or_default()
+            }
+            _ => String::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap_or_default(),
+        };
+
+        println!("{}", text);
+    } else {
+        println!("{}", DEFAULT_BANNER_TEXT);
+    }
+
     print_app_info();
     println!("");
 }
diff --git a/rupring/src/core/mod.rs b/rupring/src/core/mod.rs
index 0ebff06..e961a5c 100644
--- a/rupring/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/rupring/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub async fn run_server(
     }
 
     // 3. ready, set, go!
-    banner::print_banner();
+    banner::print_banner(&application_properties);
 
     let socket_address = make_address(&application_properties)?;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub async fn run_server_on_aws_lambda(
     }
 
     // 3. ready, set, go!
-    banner::print_banner();
+    banner::print_banner(&application_properties);
 
     let application_properties = Arc::new(application_properties);
 
diff --git a/rupring_example/Cargo.toml b/rupring_example/Cargo.toml
index b7b4c39..b9aeea9 100644
--- a/rupring_example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rupring_example/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ default-run = "example"
 
 [dependencies]
 mockall = "0.13.1"
-rupring={ version = "0.12.0", path="../rupring", features=["full"] }
+rupring={ version = "0.12.2", path="../rupring", features=["full"] }
 serde = { version="1.0.193", features=["derive"] }
 
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