diff --git a/irc/server.go b/irc/server.go
index 6766302f..6f4ad349 100644
--- a/irc/server.go
+++ b/irc/server.go
@@ -1065,18 +1065,16 @@ func (matcher *elistMatcher) Matches(channel *Channel) bool {
 }
 
 var (
-	infoString1 = []string{
-		"   ___ _ __ __ _  ___  ",
-		"  / _ \\ '__/ _` |/ _ \\ ",
-		" |  __/ | | (_| | (_) |",
-		`  \___|_|  \__, |\___/ `,
-		"            __/ |      ",
-		"           |___/       ",
-		"",
-		"https://ergo.chat/ ",
-		"https://github.com/ergochat/ergo ",
-		"",
-	}
+	infoString1 = strings.Split(`
+      __ __  ______ ___  ______ ___ 
+   __/ // /_/ ____/ __ \/ ____/ __ \
+  /_  // __/ __/ / /_/ / / __/ / / /
+ /_  // __/ /___/ _, _/ /_/ / /_/ / 
+  /_//_/ /_____/_/ |_|\____/\____/  
+
+         https://ergo.chat/
+  https://github.com/ergochat/ergo  
+`, "\n")[1:]  // XXX: cut off initial blank line
 	infoString2 = strings.Split(`    Daniel Oakley,          DanielOaks,    <daniel@danieloaks.net>
     Shivaram Lingamneni,    slingamn,      <slingamn@cs.stanford.edu>
 `, "\n")