diff --git a/cli/onionshare_cli/__init__.py b/cli/onionshare_cli/__init__.py
index 4711f624..a9c66510 100644
--- a/cli/onionshare_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/cli/onionshare_cli/__init__.py
@@ -43,57 +43,7 @@ def main(cwd=None):
     onionshare uses.
     """
     common = Common()
-
-    # Display OnionShare banner
-    print(f"OnionShare {common.version} | https://onionshare.org/")
-    reset = "\033[0m"
-    purple = "\33[95m"
-    print(purple)
-    print("                     @@@@@@@@@                      ")
-    print("                @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@                 ")
-    print("             @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@              ")
-    print("           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@            ")
-    print(
-        "             @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@           ___        _               "
-    )
-    print(
-        "               @@@@@@         @@@@@@@@@@@@@         / _ \\      (_)              "
-    )
-    print(
-        "         @@@@    @               @@@@@@@@@@@       | | | |_ __  _  ___  _ __    "
-    )
-    print(
-        "       @@@@@@@@                   @@@@@@@@@@       | | | | '_ \\| |/ _ \\| '_ \\   "
-    )
-    print(
-        "     @@@@@@@@@@@@                  @@@@@@@@@@      \\ \\_/ / | | | | (_) | | | |  "
-    )
-    print(
-        "   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@                 @@@@@@@@@       \\___/|_| |_|_|\\___/|_| |_|  "
-    )
-    print(
-        "      @@@@@@@@@                 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@    _____ _                     "
-    )
-    print(
-        "      @@@@@@@@@@                  @@@@@@@@@@@@     /  ___| |                    "
-    )
-    print(
-        "       @@@@@@@@@@                   @@@@@@@@       \\ `--.| |__   __ _ _ __ ___ "
-    )
-    print(
-        "       @@@@@@@@@@@               @    @@@@          `--. \\ '_ \\ / _` | '__/ _ \\"
-    )
-    print(
-        "        @@@@@@@@@@@@@         @@@@@@               /\\__/ / | | | (_| | | |  __/"
-    )
-    print(
-        "         @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@             \\____/|_| |_|\\__,_|_|  \\___|"
-    )
-    print("           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@            ")
-    print("             @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@              ")
-    print("                @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@                 ")
-    print("                     @@@@@@@@@                      ")
-    print(reset)
+    common.display_banner()
 
     # OnionShare CLI in OSX needs to change current working directory (#132)
     if common.platform == "Darwin":
diff --git a/cli/onionshare_cli/common.py b/cli/onionshare_cli/common.py
index 072babd1..0b0d084f 100644
--- a/cli/onionshare_cli/common.py
+++ b/cli/onionshare_cli/common.py
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ class Common:
     """
 
     C_RESET = "\033[0m"
+    C_BG_PURPLE = "\033[45m"
+    C_BOLD = "\033[01m"
+    C_WHITE = "\033[97m"
     C_LIGHTGRAY = "\033[37m"
     C_DARKGRAY = "\033[90m"
+    C_LIGHTPURPLE = "\033[95m"
+    C_DARKPURPLE = "\033[35m"
 
     def __init__(self, verbose=False):
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -59,6 +64,248 @@ class Common:
         with open(self.get_resource_path("version.txt")) as f:
             self.version = f.read().strip()
 
+    def display_banner(self):
+        """
+        Raw ASCII art example:
+        ╭───────────────────────────────────────────╮
+        │    *            ▄▄█████▄▄            *    │
+        │               ▄████▀▀▀████▄     *         │
+        │              ▀▀█▀       ▀██▄              │
+        │      *      ▄█▄          ▀██▄             │
+        │           ▄█████▄         ███        -+-  │
+        │             ███         ▀█████▀           │
+        │             ▀██▄          ▀█▀             │
+        │         *    ▀██▄       ▄█▄▄     *        │
+        │ *             ▀████▄▄▄████▀               │
+        │                 ▀▀█████▀▀                 │
+        │             -+-                     *     │
+        │   ▄▀▄               ▄▀▀ █                 │
+        │   █ █     ▀         ▀▄  █                 │
+        │   █ █ █▀▄ █ ▄▀▄ █▀▄  ▀▄ █▀▄ ▄▀▄ █▄▀ ▄█▄   │
+        │   ▀▄▀ █ █ █ ▀▄▀ █ █ ▄▄▀ █ █ ▀▄█ █   ▀▄▄   │
+        │                                           │
+        │                  v2.3.1                   │
+        │                                           │
+        │          https://onionshare.org/          │
+        ╰───────────────────────────────────────────╯
+        """
+
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "╭───────────────────────────────────────────╮"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "    *            "
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "▄▄█████▄▄"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "            *    "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "               ▄████▀▀▀████▄"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "     *         "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "              ▀▀█▀       ▀██▄              "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "      *      "
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "▄█▄          ▀██▄             "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "           ▄█████▄         ███"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "        -+-  "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "             ███         ▀█████▀           "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "             ▀██▄          ▀█▀             "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "         *    "
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "▀██▄       ▄█▄▄"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "     *        "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + " *             "
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "▀████▄▄▄████▀               "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "                 ▀▀█████▀▀                 "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTPURPLE
+            + "             -+-                     *     "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "   ▄▀▄               ▄▀▀ █                 "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "   █ █     ▀         ▀▄  █                 "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "   █ █ █▀▄ █ ▄▀▄ █▀▄  ▀▄ █▀▄ ▄▀▄ █▄▀ ▄█▄   "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_WHITE
+            + "   ▀▄▀ █ █ █ ▀▄▀ █ █ ▄▄▀ █ █ ▀▄█ █   ▀▄▄   "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│                                           │"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        left_spaces = (43 - len(self.version) - 1) // 2
+        right_spaces = left_spaces
+        if left_spaces + len(self.version) + right_spaces < 43:
+            right_spaces += 1
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + f"{' '*left_spaces}v{self.version}{' '*right_spaces}"
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│                                           │"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "          https://onionshare.org/          "
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "│"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print(
+            self.C_BG_PURPLE
+            + self.C_LIGHTGRAY
+            + "╰───────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+            + self.C_RESET
+        )
+        print()
+
     def load_settings(self, config=None):
         """
         Loading settings, optionally from a custom config json file.
@@ -130,7 +377,7 @@ class Common:
             try:
                 appdata = os.environ["APPDATA"]
                 onionshare_data_dir = f"{appdata}\\OnionShare"
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # If for some reason we don't have the 'APPDATA' environment variable
                 # (like running tests in Linux while pretending to be in Windows)
                 try:
@@ -265,7 +512,7 @@ class Common:
                 try:
                     tmpsock.bind(("127.0.0.1", random.randint(min_port, max_port)))
                     break
-                except OSError as e:
+                except OSError:
                     pass
             _, port = tmpsock.getsockname()
         return port
diff --git a/desktop/src/onionshare/__init__.py b/desktop/src/onionshare/__init__.py
index 744f6979..1c69ffa5 100644
--- a/desktop/src/onionshare/__init__.py
+++ b/desktop/src/onionshare/__init__.py
@@ -75,14 +75,12 @@ def main():
     The main() function implements all of the logic that the GUI version of onionshare uses.
     """
     common = Common()
+    common.display_banner()
 
     # Required for macOS Big Sur: https://stackoverflow.com/a/64878899
     if common.platform == "Darwin":
         os.environ["QT_MAC_WANTS_LAYER"] = "1"
 
-    # Display OnionShare banner
-    print(f"OnionShare {common.version} | https://onionshare.org/")
-
     # Start the Qt app
     global qtapp
     qtapp = Application(common)