diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 11a6118..4932f24 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ fn str_to_socketaddr(address: &str, what: &str) -> SocketAddr {
 
 impl Config {
     pub fn from_args() -> Config {
+        let default_banner = format!(
+            "Welcome to electrs {} (Electrum Rust Server)!",
+            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+        );
         let m = App::new("Electrum Rust Server")
             .version(crate_version!())
             .arg(
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ impl Config {
                 Arg::with_name("server_banner")
                     .long("server-banner")
                     .help("The banner to be shown in the Electrum console")
-                    .default_value("Welcome to electrs (Electrum Rust Server)!")
+                    .default_value(&default_banner)
             )
             .get_matches();
 
diff --git a/src/rpc.rs b/src/rpc.rs
index dda7b6c..05fc3dc 100644
--- a/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/rpc.rs
@@ -514,7 +514,10 @@ impl RPC {
         spawn_thread("acceptor", move || {
             let listener =
                 TcpListener::bind(addr).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("bind({}) failed: {}", addr, e));
-            info!("RPC server running on {}", addr);
+            info!(
+                "Electrum RPC server running on {} (protocol {})",
+                addr, PROTOCOL_VERSION
+            );
             loop {
                 let (stream, addr) = listener.accept().expect("accept failed");
                 stream