diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 47e63bd..46607c8 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="19" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build" />
   </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/core b/core
index 29d6609..e6872e1 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 29d66092169fc1682d008282ea37b61210f2fe1a
+Subproject commit e6872e1c927662eb5156700c6d81b483b75e383b
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/VersionOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/VersionOperation.java
index 1195a30..0923f31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/VersionOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/VersionOperation.java
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ public class VersionOperation extends AbstractOperation<VersionOperation> {
      */
     public void execute() {
         if (!silent()) {
+            System.out.println("""
+                     _     _     _
+                    | |   | |   | |
+                    | |__ | | __| |
+                    | '_ \\| |/ _` |
+                    | |_) | | (_| |
+                    |_.__/|_|\\__,_|
+                    """);
             System.out.println("bld " + BldVersion.getVersion());
         }
     }