diff --git a/ascii.md b/ascii.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aaad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ascii.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+                                                        
+   ▄▄▄                              ▄▄▄▄▄▄   ▀          
+ ▄▀   ▀  ▄ ▄▄   ▄▄▄    ▄▄▄    ▄▄▄   █      ▄▄▄    ▄   ▄ 
+ █       █▀  ▀ █▀ ▀█  █   ▀  █   ▀  █▄▄▄▄▄   █     █▄█  
+ █       █     █   █   ▀▀▀▄   ▀▀▀▄  █        █     ▄█▄  
+  ▀▄▄▄▀  █     ▀█▄█▀  ▀▄▄▄▀  ▀▄▄▄▀  █      ▄▄█▄▄  ▄▀ ▀▄ 
+                                                        
+                                                        
+
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 94b0208..86bd23a 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ def main():
     """
     Main function to initialize the Booker and start the booking process.
     """
+    # Display ASCII art and username
+    with open('ascii.md', 'r') as f:
+        ascii_art = f.read()
+    print(ascii_art)
+    username = os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_USERNAME")
+    print(f"Username: {username}")
+    print()
+
     # Set up logging
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.INFO,
@@ -29,8 +37,8 @@ def main():
 
     # Initialize components
     auth_handler = AuthHandler(
-        os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_USERNAME"),
-        os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_PASSWORD")
+        str(os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_USERNAME")),
+        str(os.environ.get("CROSSFIT_PASSWORD"))
     )
 
     # Initialize notification system