diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
index 0856a71536da..93778a8db4f5 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ export const getVersion = () =>
 export const log = (message: string) => stdout.write(message + '\n');
 export const banner = async (version: string) =>
 	log(
-		`\n${label('astro', color.bgGreen, color.black)}  ${color.green(
+		`\n${label('astro', color.bgGreen, color.black)}  ${version ? color.green(
 			color.bold(`v${version}`)
-		)} ${color.bold('Launch sequence initiated.')}`
+		): ''} ${color.bold('Launch sequence initiated.')}`
 	);
 
 export const info = async (prefix: string, text: string) => {