diff --git a/src/commands/run.rs b/src/commands/run.rs
index e6eec43bdd..fa9d16728b 100644
--- a/src/commands/run.rs
+++ b/src/commands/run.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::banner;
 use crate::clients::NymClient;
 use crate::identity::mixnet;
 use crate::persistence::pathfinder::Pathfinder;
@@ -5,6 +6,8 @@ use crate::persistence::pemstore::PemStore;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 
 pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    println!("{}", banner());
+
     let is_local = matches.is_present("local");
 
     let id = matches.value_of("id").unwrap().to_string();
diff --git a/src/commands/websocket.rs b/src/commands/websocket.rs
index 7d9889019c..dcf80afc06 100644
--- a/src/commands/websocket.rs
+++ b/src/commands/websocket.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use clap::ArgMatches;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 
 pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    println!("{}", banner());
+
     let port = match matches.value_of("port").unwrap().parse::<u16>() {
         Ok(n) => n,
         Err(err) => panic!("Invalid port value provided - {:?}", err),