diff --git a/config/nvim/init.lua b/config/nvim/init.lua
index 7e4750f6..36ac2552 100644
--- a/config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 require("core.keymaps")
 require("core.plugins")
 require("core.plugin_config")
-
+require("core.start")
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
index eb35f111..f491ad5b 100644
--- a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ require("core.plugin_config.null_ls")
 require("core.plugin_config.colorscheme")
 require("core.plugin_config.liveserver")
 require("core.plugin_config.color-picker")
+require("core.plugin_config.start")
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d431fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require'start'.set_background_ascii(require'start'.added_neovim_1)
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a305f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+local api = vim.api
+
+
+local M = {}
+
+
+local function string_to_lines_table(ascii)
+  local lines = {}
+  local line_start = 1
+  for i = 1, #ascii do
+    if string.sub(ascii, i, i) == '\n' then
+      local this_line = string.sub(ascii, line_start, i - 1)
+      line_start = i + 1
+      table.insert(lines, this_line)
+    end
+  end
+  return lines
+end
+
+M['added_neovim_1'] = [[
+.__   __.  _______   ______   ____    ____  __  .___  ___.
+|  \ |  | |   ____| /  __  \  \   \  /   / |  | |   \/   |
+|   \|  | |  |__   |  |  |  |  \   \/   /  |  | |  \  /  |
+|  . `  | |   __|  |  |  |  |   \      /   |  | |  |\/|  |
+|  |\   | |  |____ |  `--'  |    \    /    |  | |  |  |  |
+|__| \__| |_______| \______/      \__/     |__| |__|  |__|
+
+]]
+
+M['default_ascii_1'] = [[
+  _   _        __      _______ __  __
+ | \ | |       \ \    / /_   _|  \/  |
+ |  \| | ___  __\ \  / /  | | | \  / |
+ | . ` |/ _ \/ _ \ \/ /   | | | |\/| |
+ | |\  |  __/ (_) \  /   _| |_| |  | |
+ |_| \_|\___|\___/ \/   |_____|_|  |_|
+
+]]
+
+M['default_ascii_2'] = [[
+   /‾| /‾/__  ____|‾|  /‾(_)___ ___
+  /  |/ / _ \/ __ \ | / / / __ `__ \
+ / /|  /  __/ /_/ / |/ / / / / / / /
+/_/ |_/\___/\____/|___/_/_/ /_/ /_/
+]]
+
+M['neovim_is_awesome'] = [[
+ _   _                 _             _        ___
+| \ | |               (_)           (_)      / _ \
+|  \| | ___  _____   ___ _ __ ___    _ ___  / /_\ \_      _____  ___  ___  _ __ ___   ___
+| . ` |/ _ \/ _ \ \ / / | '_ ` _ \  | / __| |  _  \ \ /\ / / _ \/ __|/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \
+| |\  |  __/ (_) \ V /| | | | | | | | \__ \ | | | |\ V  V /  __/\__ \ (_) | | | | | |  __/
+\_| \_/\___|\___/ \_/ |_|_| |_| |_| |_|___/ \_| |_/ \_/\_/ \___||___/\___/|_| |_| |_|\___|
+]]
+
+M['neovim_wetletter'] = [[
+ .-. .-.,---.   .---..-.   .-.,-.
+ |  \| || .-'  / .-. )\ \ / / |(||\    /|
+ |   | || `-.  | | |(_)\ V /  (_)|(\  / |
+ | |\  || .-'  | | | |  ) /   | |(_)\/  |
+ | | |)||  `--.\ `-' / (_)    | || \  / |
+ /(  (_)/( __.' )---'         `-'| |\/| |
+(__)   (__)    (_)               '-'  '-'
+]]
+
+M['neovim_varsity'] = [[ ____  _____                         _
+|_   \|_   _|                       (_)
+  |   \ | |  .---.   .--.   _   __  __   _ .--..--.
+  | |\ \| | / /__\\/ .'`\ \[ \ [  ][  | [ `.-. .-. |
+ _| |_\   |_| \__.,| \__. | \ \/ /  | |  | | | | | |
+|_____|\____|'.__.' '.__.'   \__/  [___][___||__||__]
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_twisted'] = [[
+  __   __    _____   _____     _     _   __    __    __
+ /_/\ /\_\ /\_____\ ) ___ (   /_/\ /\_\ /\_\  /_/\  /\_\
+ ) ) \ ( (( (_____// /\_/\ \  ) ) ) ( ( \/_/  ) ) \/ ( (
+/_/   \ \_\\ \__\ / /_/ (_\ \/_/ / \ \_\ /\_\/_/ \  / \_\
+\ \ \   / // /__/_\ \ )_/ / /\ \ \_/ / // / /\ \ \\// / /
+ )_) \ (_(( (_____\\ \/_\/ /  \ \   / /( (_(  )_) )( (_(
+ \_\/ \/_/ \/_____/ )_____(    \_\_/_/  \/_/  \_\/  \/_/
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_this'] = [[
+ ▄▀▀▄ ▀▄  ▄▀▀█▄▄▄▄  ▄▀▀▀▀▄   ▄▀▀▄ ▄▀▀▄  ▄▀▀█▀▄    ▄▀▀▄ ▄▀▄
+█  █ █ █ ▐  ▄▀   ▐ █      █ █   █    █ █   █  █  █  █ ▀  █
+▐  █  ▀█   █▄▄▄▄▄  █      █ ▐  █    █  ▐   █  ▐  ▐  █    █
+  █   █    █    ▌  ▀▄    ▄▀    █   ▄▀      █       █    █
+▄▀   █    ▄▀▄▄▄▄     ▀▀▀▀       ▀▄▀     ▄▀▀▀▀▀▄  ▄▀   ▄▀
+█    ▐    █    ▐                       █       █ █    █
+▐         ▐                            ▐       ▐ ▐    ▐
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_sweet'] = [[
+                                         .-.
+ ___ .-.     .--.     .--.    ___  ___  ( __)  ___ .-. .-.
+(   )   \   /    \   /    \  (   )(   ) (''") (   )   '   \
+ |  .-. .  |  .-. ; |  .-. ;  | |  | |   | |   |  .-.  .-. ;
+ | |  | |  |  | | | | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
+ | |  | |  |  |/  | | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
+ | |  | |  |  ' _.' | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
+ | |  | |  |  .'.-. | '  | |  ' '  ; '   | |   | |  | |  | |
+ | |  | |  '  `-' / '  `-' /   \ `' /    | |   | |  | |  | |
+(___)(___)  `.__.'   `.__.'     '_.'    (___) (___)(___)(___)
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_swampland'] = [[
+ ___   __    ______   ______   __   __   ________  ___ __ __
+/__/\ /__/\ /_____/\ /_____/\ /_/\ /_/\ /_______/\/__//_//_/\
+\::\_\\  \ \\::::_\/_\:::_ \ \\:\ \\ \ \\__.::._\/\::\| \| \ \
+ \:. `-\  \ \\:\/___/\\:\ \ \ \\:\ \\ \ \  \::\ \  \:.      \ \
+  \:. _    \ \\::___\/_\:\ \ \ \\:\_/.:\ \ _\::\ \__\:.\-/\  \ \
+   \. \`-\  \ \\:\____/\\:\_\ \ \\ ..::/ //__\::\__/\\. \  \  \ \
+    \__\/ \__\/ \_____\/ \_____\/ \___/_( \________\/ \__\/ \__\/
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_srelif'] = [[
+__/\\\\\_____/\\\______________________________________________________________________
+ _\/\\\\\\___\/\\\______________________________________________________________________
+  _\/\\\/\\\__\/\\\_____________________________________________/\\\_____________________
+   _\/\\\//\\\_\/\\\_____/\\\\\\\\______/\\\\\_____/\\\____/\\\_\///_____/\\\\\__/\\\\\___
+    _\/\\\\//\\\\/\\\___/\\\/////\\\___/\\\///\\\__\//\\\__/\\\___/\\\__/\\\///\\\\\///\\\_
+     _\/\\\_\//\\\/\\\__/\\\\\\\\\\\___/\\\__\//\\\__\//\\\/\\\___\/\\\_\/\\\_\//\\\__\/\\\_
+      _\/\\\__\//\\\\\\_\//\\///////___\//\\\__/\\\____\//\\\\\____\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\_
+       _\/\\\___\//\\\\\__\//\\\\\\\\\\__\///\\\\\/______\//\\\_____\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\_
+        _\///_____\/////____\//////////_____\/////_________\///______\///__\///___\///___\///__
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_poison'] = [[
+
+@@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@  @@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@@@
+@@@@ @@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@  @@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@@@@
+@@!@!@@@  @@!       @@!  @@@  @@!  @@@  @@!  @@! @@! @@!
+!@!!@!@!  !@!       !@!  @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!  !@! !@! !@!
+@!@ !!@!  @!!!:!    @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!  !!@  @!! !!@ @!@
+!@!  !!!  !!!!!:    !@!  !!!  !@!  !!!  !!!  !@!   ! !@!
+!!:  !!!  !!:       !!:  !!!  :!:  !!:  !!:  !!:     !!:
+:!:  !:!  :!:       :!:  !:!   ::!!:!   :!:  :!:     :!:
+ ::   ::   :: ::::  ::::: ::    ::::     ::  :::     ::
+::    :   : :: ::    : :  :      :      :     :      :
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_serifcap'] = [[
+ _  _  ___   __  _  _  __  __  __
+( \( )(  _) /  \( )( )(  )(  \/  )
+ )  (  ) _)( () )\\//  )(  )    (
+(_)\_)(___) \__/ (__) (__)(_/\/\_)
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_sblood'] = [[
+ @@@  @@@ @@@@@@@@  @@@@@@  @@@  @@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@
+ @@!@!@@@ @@!      @@!  @@@ @@!  @@@ @@! @@! @@! @@!
+ @!@@!!@! @!!!:!   @!@  !@! @!@  !@! !!@ @!! !!@ @!@
+ !!:  !!! !!:      !!:  !!!  !: .:!  !!: !!:     !!:
+ ::    :  : :: :::  : :. :     ::    :    :      :
+
+]]
+
+M['neovim_script'] = [[
+ , _
+/|/ \                 o
+ |   |   _   __           _  _  _
+ |   |  |/  /  \_|  |_|  / |/ |/ |
+ |   |_/|__/\__/  \/  |_/  |  |  |_/
+
+]]
+
+M['location'] = {
+  center = function(width, height, ascii_col, ascii_lines)
+    local h = math.floor((height / 2) - (ascii_lines / 2))
+    local w = math.floor((width / 2) - (ascii_col / 2))
+    return w, h
+  end
+}
+
+local function str_repeat(str, number)
+  local s = ""
+  for _ = 1, number do
+    s = s .. str
+  end
+  return s
+end
+
+M['set_background_ascii'] = function(ascii)
+  local height = vim.api.nvim_get_option('lines')
+  local width = vim.api.nvim_get_option('columns')
+  local lines = string_to_lines_table(ascii)
+  local ascii_col = #lines[1]
+  local ascii_lines = #lines
+  local start_col, start_row = M.location.center(width, height, ascii_col, ascii_lines)
+  if vim.fn.argc() < 1 then
+    local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, true)
+    for i, _ in ipairs(lines) do
+      lines[i] = (str_repeat(' ', start_col)) .. (lines[i])
+    end
+    local new_lines = {}
+    for _ = 1, start_row do
+      table.insert(new_lines, '')
+    end
+    for _, l in ipairs(lines) do
+      table.insert(new_lines, l)
+    end
+    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, false, new_lines)
+    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'modifiable', false)
+    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', false)
+    local win = api.nvim_get_current_win()
+    api.nvim_set_current_buf(buf)
+  end
+end
+
+return M