diff --git a/src/setup/prompts.rs b/src/setup/prompts.rs
index d1a3e08c..ac271cf2 100644
--- a/src/setup/prompts.rs
+++ b/src/setup/prompts.rs
@@ -284,6 +284,20 @@ pub fn confirm(prompt: &str, default: bool) -> io::Result<bool> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Print the IronClaw ASCII art banner in blue.
+pub fn print_banner() {
+    let mut stdout = io::stdout();
+    let _ = execute!(stdout, SetForegroundColor(Color::Cyan));
+    println!();
+    println!(r" ██╗██████╗  ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗ ██████╗██╗      █████╗ ██╗    ██╗");
+    println!(r" ██║██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║██╔════╝██║     ██╔══██╗██║    ██║");
+    println!(r" ██║██████╔╝██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║██║     ██║     ███████║██║ █╗ ██║");
+    println!(r" ██║██╔══██╗██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║██║     ██║     ██╔══██║██║███╗██║");
+    println!(r" ██║██║  ██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║╚██████╗███████╗██║  ██║╚███╔███╔╝");
+    println!(r" ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝ ╚═════╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚══╝╚══╝ ");
+    let _ = execute!(stdout, ResetColor);
+}
+
 /// Print a styled header box.
 ///
 /// # Example
diff --git a/src/setup/wizard.rs b/src/setup/wizard.rs
index 6c7d03cb..38066d25 100644
--- a/src/setup/wizard.rs
+++ b/src/setup/wizard.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ use crate::setup::channels::{
     SecretsContext, setup_http, setup_signal, setup_tunnel, setup_wasm_channel,
 };
 use crate::setup::prompts::{
-    confirm, input, optional_input, print_error, print_header, print_info, print_step,
-    print_success, secret_input, select_many, select_one,
+    confirm, input, optional_input, print_banner, print_error, print_header, print_info,
+    print_step, print_success, secret_input, select_many, select_one,
 };
 
 // unused const, keep commented for clarity / future use
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ impl SetupWizard {
     /// settings are loaded from the database after Step 1 establishes a
     /// connection, so users don't have to re-enter everything.
     pub async fn run(&mut self) -> Result<(), SetupError> {
+        print_banner();
         print_header("IronClaw Setup Wizard");
 
         if self.config.channels_only {