diff --git a/overlay/lib/idunn/functions.in b/overlay/lib/idunn/functions.in
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+
+# '\E[COLOR1;COLOR2m'
+#
+# Color	  Fg	Bg
+# black   30	40
+# red     31	41
+# green   32	42
+# yellow  33	43
+# blue    34	44
+# magenta 35	45
+# cyan    36	46
+# white   37	47
+
+COLOR_NORMAL='\033[0m'
+COLOR_STATUS='\033[36m'
+COLOR_SUCESS='\033[32m'	
+COLOR_FAILURE='\033[31m'
+
+if [ "$SERVICENAME" ]; then
+	echo "${COLOR_STATUS}Starting $SERVICENAME (Powered by Idunn!) ...${COLOR_NORMAL}"
+else
+	echo "${COLOR_STATUS}Starting Idunn!...${COLOR_NORMAL}"
+fi
+