diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 29abf9d..c314ea6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,14 +25,19 @@ ENV PUBLIC_VERSION=${VERSION} \
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y ca-certificates gcc mime-support curl gzip unzip tar 7zip bzip2 unar && \
+    apt-get install -y ca-certificates gcc bc locales mime-support curl gzip unzip tar 7zip bzip2 unar && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
+RUN locale-gen
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
 RUN uv sync --locked
 
-COPY --chmod=755 mediamanager-backend-startup.sh .
+COPY --chmod=755 mediamanager-startup.sh .
 COPY config.example.toml .
 COPY media_manager ./media_manager
 COPY alembic ./alembic
@@ -42,4 +47,4 @@ COPY --from=frontend-build /frontend/build /app/web/build
 
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl -f http://localhost:8000${BASE_PATH}/api/v1/health || exit 1
 EXPOSE 8000
-CMD ["/app/mediamanager-backend-startup.sh"]
+CMD ["/app/mediamanager-startup.sh"]
diff --git a/mediamanager-backend-startup.sh b/mediamanager-backend-startup.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d9a1f6..0000000
--- a/mediamanager-backend-startup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This script is used to start the MediaManager backend service.
-
-
-# text created with https://patorjk.com/software/taag/ font: Slanted
-echo "
-    __  ___         ___       __  ___                                     ____             __                  __
-   /  |/  /__  ____/ (_)___ _/  |/  /___ _____  ____ _____ ____  _____   / __ )____ ______/ /_____  ____  ____/ /
-  / /|_/ / _ \/ __  / / __ \`/ /|_/ / __ \`/ __ \/ __ \`/ __ \`/ _ \/ ___/  / __  / __ \`/ ___/ //_/ _ \/ __ \/ __  /
- / /  / /  __/ /_/ / / /_/ / /  / / /_/ / / / / /_/ / /_/ /  __/ /     / /_/ / /_/ / /__/ ,< /  __/ / / / /_/ /
-/_/  /_/\___/\__,_/_/\__,_/_/  /_/\__,_/_/ /_/\__,_/\__, /\___/_/     /_____/\__,_/\___/_/|_|\___/_/ /_/\__,_/
-                                                   /____/
-"
-echo "Buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/maxdorninger"
-
-# Initialize config if it doesn't exist
-CONFIG_DIR=${CONFIG_DIR:-/app/config}
-CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml"
-EXAMPLE_CONFIG="/app/config.example.toml"
-
-echo "Checking configuration setup..."
-
-# Create config directory if it doesn't exist
-if [ ! -d "$CONFIG_DIR" ]; then
-    echo "Creating config directory: $CONFIG_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR"
-fi
-
-# Copy example config if config.toml doesn't exist
-if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
-    echo "Config file not found. Copying example config to: $CONFIG_FILE"
-    if [ -f "$EXAMPLE_CONFIG" ]; then
-        cp "$EXAMPLE_CONFIG" "$CONFIG_FILE"
-        echo "Example config copied successfully!"
-        echo "Please edit $CONFIG_FILE to configure MediaManager for your environment."
-        echo "Important: Make sure to change the token_secret value!"
-    else
-        echo "ERROR: Example config file not found at $EXAMPLE_CONFIG"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Config file found at: $CONFIG_FILE"
-fi
-
-echo "Running DB migrations..."
-
-uv run alembic upgrade head
-
-echo "Starting MediaManager backend service..."
-echo ""
-echo "🔐 LOGIN INFORMATION:"
-echo "   If this is a fresh installation, a default admin user will be created automatically."
-echo "   Check the application logs for the login credentials."
-echo "   You can also register a new user and it will become admin if the email"
-echo "   matches one of the admin_emails in your config.toml"
-echo ""
-
-PORT=${PORT:-8000}
-uv run fastapi run /app/media_manager/main.py --port "$PORT" --proxy-headers
diff --git a/mediamanager-startup.sh b/mediamanager-startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8614a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediamanager-startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script is used to start the MediaManager backend service.
+
+
+# text created with https://patorjk.com/software/taag/ font: Slanted
+display_cool_text() {
+  local ascii_art="$1"
+
+  local r_blue=80
+  local g_blue=100
+  local b_blue=230
+
+  local r_orange=255
+  local g_orange=140
+  local b_orange=80
+
+  local r_red=230
+  local g_red=40
+  local b_red=70
+
+  local max_width=0
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    local line_length=${#line}
+    if (( line_length > max_width )); then
+      max_width=$line_length
+    fi
+  done <<< "$ascii_art"
+
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    local length=${#line}
+
+    if [[ $length -eq 0 ]]; then
+      echo ""
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local seg1=$((max_width / 2))
+
+    for (( i=0; i<length; i++ )); do
+      local char="${line:$i:1}"
+
+      local r=0
+      local g=0
+      local b=0
+
+      if (( i < seg1 )); then
+        local percentage=$(echo "scale=2; $i / $seg1" | bc)
+        r=$(echo "scale=0; $r_blue + ($r_orange - $r_blue) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+        g=$(echo "scale=0; $g_blue + ($g_orange - $g_blue) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+        b=$(echo "scale=0; $b_blue + ($b_orange - $b_blue) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+      else
+        local segment_pos=$(( i - seg1 ))
+        local segment_length=$(( max_width - seg1 ))
+        if [[ $segment_length -eq 0 ]]; then
+          segment_length=1
+        fi
+        local percentage=$(echo "scale=2; $segment_pos / $segment_length" | bc)
+        r=$(echo "scale=0; $r_orange + ($r_red - $r_orange) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+        g=$(echo "scale=0; $g_orange + ($g_red - $g_orange) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+        b=$(echo "scale=0; $b_orange + ($b_red - $b_orange) * $percentage" | bc | cut -d. -f1)
+      fi
+
+      [[ $r -lt 0 ]] && r=0
+      [[ $r -gt 255 ]] && r=255
+      [[ $g -lt 0 ]] && g=0
+      [[ $g -gt 255 ]] && g=255
+      [[ $b -lt 0 ]] && b=0
+      [[ $b -gt 255 ]] && b=255
+
+      if [[ "$char" == " " ]]; then
+        printf " "
+      else
+        printf "\033[38;2;%d;%d;%dm%s\033[0m" $r $g $b "$char"
+      fi
+    done
+    printf "\n"
+  done <<< "$ascii_art"
+}
+ASCII_ART='
+
+ ██████   ██████              █████  ███
+░░██████ ██████              ░░███  ░░░
+ ░███░█████░███   ██████   ███████  ████   ██████
+ ░███░░███ ░███  ███░░███ ███░░███ ░░███  ░░░░░███
+ ░███ ░░░  ░███ ░███████ ░███ ░███  ░███   ███████
+ ░███      ░███ ░███░░░  ░███ ░███  ░███  ███░░███
+ █████     █████░░██████ ░░████████ █████░░████████
+░░░░░     ░░░░░  ░░░░░░   ░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░
+
+
+
+ ██████   ██████
+░░██████ ██████
+ ░███░█████░███   ██████   ████████    ██████    ███████  ██████  ████████
+ ░███░░███ ░███  ░░░░░███ ░░███░░███  ░░░░░███  ███░░███ ███░░███░░███░░███
+ ░███ ░░░  ░███   ███████  ░███ ░███   ███████ ░███ ░███░███████  ░███ ░░░
+ ░███      ░███  ███░░███  ░███ ░███  ███░░███ ░███ ░███░███░░░   ░███
+ █████     █████░░████████ ████ █████░░████████░░███████░░██████  █████
+░░░░░     ░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░ ░░░░ ░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░  ░░░░░███ ░░░░░░  ░░░░░
+                                                ███ ░███
+                                               ░░██████
+                                                ░░░░░░
+
+'
+display_cool_text "$ASCII_ART"
+echo "Buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/maxdorninger"
+
+# Initialize config if it doesn't exist
+CONFIG_DIR=${CONFIG_DIR:-/app/config}
+CONFIG_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml"
+EXAMPLE_CONFIG="/app/config.example.toml"
+
+echo "Checking configuration setup..."
+
+# Create config directory if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -d "$CONFIG_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Creating config directory: $CONFIG_DIR"
+    mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Copy example config if config.toml doesn't exist
+if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Config file not found. Copying example config to: $CONFIG_FILE"
+    if [ -f "$EXAMPLE_CONFIG" ]; then
+        cp "$EXAMPLE_CONFIG" "$CONFIG_FILE"
+        echo "Example config copied successfully!"
+        echo "Please edit $CONFIG_FILE to configure MediaManager for your environment."
+        echo "Important: Make sure to change the token_secret value!"
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: Example config file not found at $EXAMPLE_CONFIG"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Config file found at: $CONFIG_FILE"
+fi
+
+echo "Running DB migrations..."
+
+uv run alembic upgrade head
+
+echo "Starting MediaManager backend service..."
+echo ""
+echo "🔐 LOGIN INFORMATION:"
+echo "   If this is a fresh installation, a default admin user will be created automatically."
+echo "   Check the application logs for the login credentials."
+echo "   You can also register a new user and it will become admin if the email"
+echo "   matches one of the admin_emails in your config.toml"
+echo ""
+
+PORT=${PORT:-8000}
+uv run fastapi run /app/media_manager/main.py --port "$PORT" --proxy-headers