diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d2da5881..4281b814 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
  --var version=0.1.1 --var app=maven-metadata-release --file {{.app}} \
  --from https://github.com/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
+ADD https://jitpack.io/com/github/itzg/asciify/1.0.0/asciify-1.0.0.jar /usr/share/asciify/asciify.jar
+RUN chmod -R a+r /usr/share/asciify
+
 COPY mcstatus /usr/local/bin
 
 VOLUME ["/data"]
diff --git a/start-finalSetupServerProperties b/start-finalSetupServerProperties
index 33708461..79a45ec6 100644
--- a/start-finalSetupServerProperties
+++ b/start-finalSetupServerProperties
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function customizeServerProps {
   setServerProp "server-name" "$SERVER_NAME"
   setServerProp "server-ip" "$SERVER_IP"
   setServerProp "server-port" "$SERVER_PORT"
-  setServerProp "motd" "$MOTD"
+  setServerProp "motd" "$(echo $MOTD | java -jar /usr/share/asciify/asciify.jar)"
   setServerProp "allow-nether" "$ALLOW_NETHER"
   setServerProp "announce-player-achievements" "$ANNOUNCE_PLAYER_ACHIEVEMENTS"
   setServerProp "enable-command-block" "$ENABLE_COMMAND_BLOCK"