diff --git a/mrdna/__init__.py b/mrdna/__init__.py
index 072cbca04a1a81e3edc9a5426e98db59126839c6..1ff97809abbdd6df6cd813673d8f58e89b73d111 100644
--- a/mrdna/__init__.py
+++ b/mrdna/__init__.py
@@ -15,3 +15,15 @@ from .model.dna_sequence import read_sequence_file
 from .reporting import report
 
 report("mrdna.__init__")
+
+"""
+  _____ ___|    \|   | |  _  |
+ |     |  _|  |  | | | |     |
+ |_|_|_|_| |____/|_|___|__|__|
+"""
+
+print("""             _
+ _____ ___ _| |___ ___
+|     |  _| . |   | .'|
+|_|_|_|_| |___|_|_|__,|  v{}
+""".format(__version__))