diff --git a/cmd/logo.txt b/cmd/logo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfe325fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/logo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  ____ ___  _   _ _____  _    ___ _   _ _____ ____  _       _     
+ / ___/ _ \| \ | |_   _|/ \  |_ _| \ | | ____|  _ \| | __ _| |__  
+| |  | | | |  \| | | | / _ \  | ||  \| |  _| | |_) | |/ _` | '_ \ 
+| |__| |_| | |\  | | |/ ___ \ | || |\  | |___|  _ <| | (_| | |_) |
+ \____\___/|_| \_| |_/_/   \_\___|_| \_|_____|_| \_\_|\__,_|_.__/ 
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index c12694871..7504916e2 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -30,28 +31,29 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
 }
 
-var slug = `
-                           _                   _       _     
-                 _        (_)                 | |     | |    
- ____ ___  ____ | |_  ____ _ ____   ____  ____| | ____| | _  
-/ ___) _ \|  _ \|  _)/ _  | |  _ \ / _  )/ ___) |/ _  | || \ 
-( (__| |_|| | | | |_( ( | | | | | ( (/ /| |   | ( ( | | |_) )
-\____)___/|_| |_|\___)_||_|_|_| |_|\____)_|   |_|\_||_|____/ 
-`
+// this a note to self how color codes work
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4842424/list-of-ansi-color-escape-sequences
+// https://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Ivrit&t=CONTAINERlab
+//
+//go:embed logo.txt
+var projASCIILogo string
 
 // versionCmd represents the version command.
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "show containerlab version or upgrade",
 
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println(slug)
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		fmt.Println(projASCIILogo)
+
 		verSlug := docsLinkFromVer(version)
 		fmt.Printf("    version: %s\n", version)
 		fmt.Printf("     commit: %s\n", commit)
 		fmt.Printf("       date: %s\n", date)
 		fmt.Printf("     source: %s\n", repoUrl)
 		fmt.Printf(" rel. notes: https://containerlab.dev/rn/%s\n", verSlug)
+
+		return nil
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/version_test.go b/cmd/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91c710b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestDocsLinkFromVer(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		version  string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "major and minor only",
+			version:  "0.47.0",
+			expected: "0.47/",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "major, minor, and patch version",
+			version:  "0.47.2",
+			expected: "0.47/#0472",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := docsLinkFromVer(tt.version)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.expected); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("docsLinkFromVer() mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/get.sh b/get.sh
index be2c6b9de..5b8919e3d 100644
--- a/get.sh
+++ b/get.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,24 @@ setDesiredVersion() {
     fi
 }
 
+# docsLinkFromVer returns the url portion for release notes
+# based on the Go docsLinkFromVer() function in version.go
+docsLinkFromVer() {
+  ver=$1
+  IFS='.' read -ra segments <<< "$ver"
+  maj=${segments[0]}
+  min=${segments[1]}
+  patch=${segments[2]}
+
+  relSlug="$maj.$min/"
+  if [ -n "$patch" ]; then
+    if [ "$patch" -ne 0 ]; then
+      relSlug="$relSlug#$maj$min$patch"
+    fi
+  fi
+  echo "$relSlug"
+}
+
 # checkInstalledVersion checks which version is installed and
 # if it needs to be changed.
 checkInstalledVersion() {
@@ -138,10 +156,11 @@ checkInstalledVersion() {
             return 0
         else
             if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$TAG_WO_VER" "$version" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$TAG_WO_VER" ]; then
+                RN_VER=$(docsLinkFromVer $TAG_WO_VER)
                 echo "A newer ${BINARY_NAME} version $version is already installed"
                 echo "You are running ${BINARY_NAME} version $version"
                 echo "You are trying to downgrade to ${BINARY_NAME} version ${TAG_WO_VER}"
-                echo "Release notes: https://containerlab.dev/rn/${TAG_WO_VER}"
+                echo "Release notes: https://containerlab.dev/rn/${RN_VER}"
                 UPGR_NEEDED="Y"
                 # check if stdin is open (i.e. capable of getting users input)
                 if [ -t 0 ]; then
@@ -152,7 +171,8 @@ checkInstalledVersion() {
                 fi
                 return 0
             else
-                echo "A newer ${BINARY_NAME} ${TAG_WO_VER} is available. Release notes: https://containerlab.dev/rn/${TAG_WO_VER}"
+                RN_VER=$(docsLinkFromVer $TAG_WO_VER)
+                echo "A newer ${BINARY_NAME} ${TAG_WO_VER} is available. Release notes: https://containerlab.dev/rn/${RN_VER}"
                 echo "You are running containerlab $version version"
                 UPGR_NEEDED="Y"
                 # check if stdin is open (i.e. capable of getting users input)