diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index a0e48831c..9ab3a8a72 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ endif
 FINAL_CFLAGS=$(STD) $(WARN) $(OPT) $(DEBUG) $(CFLAGS) $(REDIS_CFLAGS)
 FINAL_CXXFLAGS=$(CXX_STD) $(WARN) $(OPT) $(DEBUG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(REDIS_CFLAGS)
 FINAL_LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) $(REDIS_LDFLAGS) $(DEBUG)
-FINAL_LIBS=-lm
+FINAL_LIBS=-lm -lcurl
 DEBUG=-g -ggdb
 
 ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ endif
 
 REDIS_SERVER_NAME=keydb-server
 REDIS_SENTINEL_NAME=keydb-sentinel
-REDIS_SERVER_OBJ=adlist.o quicklist.o ae.o anet.o dict.o server.o sds.o zmalloc.o lzf_c.o lzf_d.o pqsort.o zipmap.o sha1.o ziplist.o release.o networking.o util.o object.o db.o replication.o rdb.o t_string.o t_list.o t_set.o t_zset.o t_hash.o config.o aof.o pubsub.o multi.o debug.o sort.o intset.o syncio.o cluster.o crc16.o endianconv.o slowlog.o scripting.o bio.o rio.o rand.o memtest.o crc64.o bitops.o sentinel.o notify.o setproctitle.o blocked.o hyperloglog.o latency.o sparkline.o redis-check-rdb.o redis-check-aof.o geo.o lazyfree.o module.o evict.o expire.o geohash.o geohash_helper.o childinfo.o defrag.o siphash.o rax.o t_stream.o listpack.o localtime.o acl.o storage.o rdb-s3.o fastlock.o new.o tracking.o cron.o $(ASM_OBJ)
+REDIS_SERVER_OBJ=adlist.o quicklist.o ae.o anet.o dict.o server.o sds.o zmalloc.o lzf_c.o lzf_d.o pqsort.o zipmap.o sha1.o ziplist.o release.o networking.o util.o object.o db.o replication.o rdb.o t_string.o t_list.o t_set.o t_zset.o t_hash.o config.o aof.o pubsub.o multi.o debug.o sort.o intset.o syncio.o cluster.o crc16.o endianconv.o slowlog.o scripting.o bio.o rio.o rand.o memtest.o crc64.o bitops.o sentinel.o notify.o setproctitle.o blocked.o hyperloglog.o latency.o sparkline.o redis-check-rdb.o redis-check-aof.o geo.o lazyfree.o module.o evict.o expire.o geohash.o geohash_helper.o childinfo.o defrag.o siphash.o rax.o t_stream.o listpack.o localtime.o acl.o storage.o rdb-s3.o fastlock.o new.o tracking.o cron.o motd.o $(ASM_OBJ)
 REDIS_CLI_NAME=keydb-cli
-REDIS_CLI_OBJ=anet.o adlist.o dict.o redis-cli.o redis-cli-cpphelper.o zmalloc.o release.o anet.o ae.o crc64.o siphash.o crc16.o storage-lite.o fastlock.o new.o $(ASM_OBJ)
+REDIS_CLI_OBJ=anet.o adlist.o dict.o redis-cli.o redis-cli-cpphelper.o zmalloc.o release.o anet.o ae.o crc64.o siphash.o crc16.o storage-lite.o fastlock.o new.o motd.o $(ASM_OBJ)
 REDIS_BENCHMARK_NAME=keydb-benchmark
 REDIS_BENCHMARK_OBJ=ae.o anet.o redis-benchmark.o adlist.o dict.o zmalloc.o siphash.o redis-benchmark.o storage-lite.o fastlock.o new.o $(ASM_OBJ)
 REDIS_CHECK_RDB_NAME=keydb-check-rdb
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ $(REDIS_CHECK_AOF_NAME): $(REDIS_SERVER_NAME)
 
 # keydb-cli
 $(REDIS_CLI_NAME): $(REDIS_CLI_OBJ)
-	$(REDIS_LD) -o $@ $^ ../deps/hiredis/libhiredis.a ../deps/linenoise/linenoise.o $(FINAL_LIBS) -lcurl
+	$(REDIS_LD) -o $@ $^ ../deps/hiredis/libhiredis.a ../deps/linenoise/linenoise.o $(FINAL_LIBS)
 
 # keydb-benchmark
 $(REDIS_BENCHMARK_NAME): $(REDIS_BENCHMARK_OBJ)
diff --git a/src/asciilogo.h b/src/asciilogo.h
index c8b18a0ac..1cbcce142 100644
--- a/src/asciilogo.h
+++ b/src/asciilogo.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ const char *ascii_logo =
 "                                        Port: %d\n"
 "                                        PID: %ld\n"
 "                                                                     \n"
-"                     Like KeyDB? Star us on GitHub!                  \n"
+"                     %s\n"
 "                                                                     \n"
-"                     https://github.com/JohnSully/KeyDB              \n"
-"                                                                     \n\n";
+"                                                                     \n";
diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 7a1f06341..7332c40e0 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "anet.h"
 #include "ae.h"
 #include "storage.h"
+#include "motd.h"
 
 #include "redis-cli.h"
 
@@ -6536,118 +6537,6 @@ static void intrinsicLatencyMode(void) {
     }
 }
 
-/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Message of the day
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-#ifdef MOTD
-#include <curl/curl.h> 
-
-static const char *szMotdCachePath()
-{
-    static sds sdsMotdCachePath = NULL;
-    if (sdsMotdCachePath != NULL)
-        return sdsMotdCachePath;
-
-    struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-    if (pw == NULL)
-        return "";
-    const char *homedir = pw->pw_dir;
-    sdsMotdCachePath = sdsnew(homedir);
-    sdsMotdCachePath = sdscat(sdsMotdCachePath, "/.keydb-cli-motd");
-    return sdsMotdCachePath;
-}
-static size_t motd_write_callback(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, sds *str)
-{
-    *str = sdscatlen(*str, ptr, size*nmemb);
-    return (size*nmemb);
-}
-
-static char *fetchMOTDFromCache()
-{
-    struct stat attrib;
-    if (stat(szMotdCachePath(), &attrib) != 0)
-        return NULL;
-    time_t t = attrib.st_mtim.tv_sec;
-    time_t now = time(NULL);
-    if ((now - t) < 14400)
-    {
-        // If our cache was updated no more than 4 hours ago use it instead of fetching the MOTD
-        FILE *pf = fopen(szMotdCachePath(), "rb");
-        if (pf == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        fseek(pf, 0L, SEEK_END);
-        long cb = ftell(pf);
-        fseek(pf, 0L, SEEK_SET);    // rewind
-        sds str = sdsnewlen(NULL, cb);
-        size_t cbRead = fread(str, 1, cb, pf);
-        fclose(pf);
-        if ((long)cbRead != cb)
-        {
-            sdsfree(str);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        return str;
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void setMOTDCache(const char *sz)
-{
-    FILE *pf = fopen(szMotdCachePath(), "wb");
-    if (pf == NULL)
-        return;
-    size_t celem = fwrite(sz, strlen(sz), 1, pf);
-    (void)celem;    // best effort
-    fclose(pf);
-}
-
-static char *fetchMOTD()
-{
-    sds str;
-    CURL *curl;
-    CURLcode res;
-
-    /* First try and get the string from the cache */
-    str = fetchMOTDFromCache();
-    if (str != NULL)
-        return str;
-
-    str = sdsnew("");
-    curl = curl_easy_init();
-    if(curl) {
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://api.keydb.dev/motd/motd.txt");
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); // follow redirects
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 2); // take no more than two seconds
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, motd_write_callback);
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &str);
-
-        /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */ 
-        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
-        /* Check for errors */ 
-        if(res != CURLE_OK)
-        {
-            sdsfree(str);
-            str = NULL;
-        }
-
-        /* always cleanup */ 
-        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-
-        if (str != NULL)
-            setMOTDCache(str);
-    }
-    return str;
-}
-
-#else
-
-static char *fetchMOTD()
-{
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Program main()
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -6818,7 +6707,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (argc == 0 && !config.eval) {
         /* Show the message of the day if we are interactive */
         if (config.output == OUTPUT_STANDARD) {
-            char *szMotd = fetchMOTD();
+            char *szMotd = fetchMOTD(1 /* cache */);
             if (szMotd != NULL) {
                 printf("Message of the day:\n  %s\n", szMotd);
                 sdsfree(szMotd);
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 311f2bffa..d6fe1ba1f 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
 #include <mutex>
 #include "aelocker.h"
+#include "motd.h"
 
 int g_fTestMode = false;
 
@@ -4749,14 +4750,18 @@ void redisAsciiArt(void) {
             mode, g_pserver->port
         );
     } else {
+        sds motd = fetchMOTD(true);
         snprintf(buf,1024*16,ascii_logo,
             KEYDB_REAL_VERSION,
             redisGitSHA1(),
             strtol(redisGitDirty(),NULL,10) > 0,
             (sizeof(long) == 8) ? "64" : "32",
             mode, g_pserver->port,
-            (long) getpid()
+            (long) getpid(),
+            motd ? motd : ""
         );
+        if (motd)
+            sdsfree(motd);
         serverLogRaw(LL_NOTICE|LL_RAW,buf);
     }
     zfree(buf);