diff --git a/base/desktop.Dockerfile b/base/desktop.Dockerfile
index 2fe4cb4..f99571d 100644
--- a/base/desktop.Dockerfile
+++ b/base/desktop.Dockerfile
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p .scripts
 COPY --chown=designer:designer --chmod=755 scripts/* /home/designer/.scripts
 ENV PATH="/home/designer/.scripts:${PATH}"
 
+# Add motd
+RUN echo "/home/designer/.bashrc" >> "custom_motd"
+
 # Initialize the enviroment keeping container alive
 ENTRYPOINT ["start_desktop"]
diff --git a/scripts/custom_motd b/scripts/custom_motd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47021e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/custom_motd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cat << EOF
+                                       __                    __                
+               __                     /\ \__                /\ \               
+  ___     ____/\_\    ___         ____\ \ ,_\    __      ___\ \ \/'\     ____  
+ / __`\  /',__\/\ \  /'___\      /',__\\ \ \/  /'__`\   /'___\ \ , <    /',__\ 
+/\ \L\ \/\__, `\ \ \/\ \__/     /\__, `\\ \ \_/\ \L\.\_/\ \__/\ \ \\`\ /\__, `\
+\ \____/\/\____/\ \_\ \____\    \/\____/ \ \__\ \__/.\_\ \____\\ \_\ \_\/\____/
+ \/___/  \/___/  \/_/\/____/     \/___/   \/__/\/__/\/_/\/____/ \/_/\/_/\/___/ 
+                                                                                
+EOF
+
+if [[ -z "${PDK} "]]
+    cat << EOF
+    There is not an active PDK, Use:
+        volare_set_latest <pdk_variant>
+    to automatically download and configure the latest version of a PDK.
+    You can also manually configure a PDK using volare and setting the PDK environment variable
+    EOF
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/desktop_init b/scripts/desktop_init
index 32b1fe0..09c5d06 100644
--- a/scripts/desktop_init
+++ b/scripts/desktop_init
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 setwallpaper /home/designer/.media/defaultwallpaper.png
+xfce4-terminal
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/volare_set_latest b/scripts/volare_set_latest
index 87dd734..7b2f7fb 100644
--- a/scripts/volare_set_latest
+++ b/scripts/volare_set_latest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+if [[ -z "$1"]]; then PDK=$1 fi
 if [[ -z "${PDK}" ]]; then
     PDK_VERSION=$(volare ls-remote --pdk $PDK | sed -n '1 p')
     volare enable --pdk $PDK $PDK_VERSION