diff --git a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/ClueApplication.java b/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/ClueApplication.java
index 5fe0164..b077e3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/ClueApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/ClueApplication.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import io.dashbase.clue.client.CmdlineHelper;
-import io.dashbase.clue.util.AsciiArt;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.helper.HelpScreenException;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.ArgumentParserException;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Namespace;
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ public void shutdown() throws Exception {
   
   
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    AsciiArt.drawString("Clue", "$", System.out);
     if (args.length < 1){
       System.out.println("usage: <index location> <command> <command args>");
       System.exit(1);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/client/ClueCommandClient.java b/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/client/ClueCommandClient.java
index 1a8822a..ff638e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/client/ClueCommandClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/client/ClueCommandClient.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import io.dashbase.clue.util.AsciiArt;
 import jline.console.ConsoleReader;
 import jline.console.completer.ArgumentCompleter;
 import jline.console.completer.Completer;
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ public void run() throws Exception {
 
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        AsciiArt.drawString("Clue", "$", System.out);
         if (args.length != 1){
             System.out.println("usage: <url>");
             System.exit(1);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/util/AsciiArt.java b/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/util/AsciiArt.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adccfe..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/io/dashbase/clue/util/AsciiArt.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package io.dashbase.clue.util;
-
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-
-public class AsciiArt {
-
-    public static void drawString(String text, String artChar, PrintStream out) {
-        Settings settings = new Settings(new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 24), 100, 100);
-        drawString(text, artChar, settings, out);
-    }
-    public static void drawString(String text, String artChar, Settings settings, PrintStream out) {
-        BufferedImage image = getImageIntegerMode(settings.width, settings.height);
-
-        Graphics2D graphics2D = getGraphics2D(image.getGraphics(), settings);
-        graphics2D.drawString(text, 6, ((int) (settings.height * 0.67)));
-
-        for (int y = 0; y < settings.height; y++) {
-            StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-
-            for (int x = 0; x < settings.width; x++) {
-                stringBuilder.append(image.getRGB(x, y) == -16777216 ? " " : artChar);
-            }
-
-            if (stringBuilder.toString()
-                    .trim()
-                    .isEmpty()) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            out.println(stringBuilder);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private static BufferedImage getImageIntegerMode(int width, int height) {
-        return new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-    }
-
-    private static Graphics2D getGraphics2D(Graphics graphics, Settings settings) {
-        graphics.setFont(settings.font);
-
-        Graphics2D graphics2D = (Graphics2D) graphics;
-        graphics2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
-
-        return graphics2D;
-    }
-
-    public static class Settings {
-        public final Font font;
-        public final int width;
-        public final int height;
-
-        public Settings(Font font, int width, int height) {
-            this.font = font;
-            this.width = width;
-            this.height = height;
-        }
-    }
-}