diff --git a/forwarder/pom.xml b/forwarder/pom.xml
index 684b4926ad22f763421279d085726be98e045978..abb7d8eaf707840a6ec8b102ccbf521e7effaafc 100644
--- a/forwarder/pom.xml
+++ b/forwarder/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- spring -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.devh</groupId>
 			<artifactId>grpc-server-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
diff --git a/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c1200feb6772777b89760104e6096e10923c7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+    ______                                   __
+   / ____/___  ______      ______ __________/ /__  _____
+  / /_  / __ \/ ___/ | /| / / __ `/ ___/ __  / _ \/ ___/
+ / __/ / /_/ / /   | |/ |/ / /_/ / /  / /_/ /  __/ /
+/_/    \____/_/    |__/|__/\__,_/_/   \__,_/\___/_/
+${spring-boot.version}			${application.version}