diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-cloud b/docker/Dockerfile-cloud
index 36439ff616..69ce143bb2 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-cloud
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-cloud
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ EXPOSE 8888
 EXPOSE 22
 
 COPY scripts/cloud-entrypoint.sh /root/cloud-entrypoint.sh
+COPY scripts/motd /etc/motd
 
 RUN pip install jupyterlab notebook ipywidgets && \
     jupyter lab clean
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ RUN apt install --yes --no-install-recommends openssh-server tmux && \
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh && \
     chmod 700 ~/.ssh && \
     printf "\n[[ -z \"\$TMUX\"  ]] && { tmux attach-session -t ssh_tmux || tmux new-session -s ssh_tmux; exit; }\n" >> ~/.bashrc && \
+    printf "[ ! -z \"\$TERM\" -a -r /etc/motd ] && cat /etc/motd\n" >> ~/.bashrc && \
     chmod +x /workspace/axolotl/scripts/cloud-entrypoint.sh && \
     chmod +x /root/cloud-entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/motd b/scripts/motd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..060a5c5c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/motd
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+                                 dP            dP   dP
+                                 88            88   88
+      .d8888b. dP.  .dP .d8888b. 88 .d8888b. d8888P 88
+      88'  `88  `8bd8'  88'  `88 88 88'  `88   88   88
+      88.  .88  .d88b.  88.  .88 88 88.  .88   88   88
+      `88888P8 dP'  `dP `88888P' dP `88888P'   dP   dP
+
+Welcome to the axolotl cloud image! If the you've mounted a disk to /workspace and the axolotl directory ie empty, run the following commands:
+
+```
+cd /workspace
+rm -rf /workspace/axolotl
+git clone https://github.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl.git
+cd axolotl
+pip install --no-deps -e .
+```