diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 353c6a54..719ac928 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/master/misc/inst
 ## License
 Released under the [BSD 2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) license:
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2016, Bryan D. Ashby
+Copyright (c) 2015-2017, Bryan D. Ashby
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/core/bbs.js b/core/bbs.js
index b0f64838..3ae00e37 100644
--- a/core/bbs.js
+++ b/core/bbs.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function bbsMain() {
 		function complete(err) {
 			//	note this is escaped:
 			fs.readFile(paths.join(__dirname, '../misc/startup_banner.asc'), 'utf8', (err, banner) => {
-				console.info('ENiGMA½ Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Bryan Ashby');
+				console.info('ENiGMA½ Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Bryan Ashby');
 				if(!err) {					
 					console.info(banner);
 				}					
diff --git a/core/connect.js b/core/connect.js
index bd2e40a2..ffd28a0c 100644
--- a/core/connect.js
+++ b/core/connect.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function displayBanner(term) {
 	//	note: intentional formatting:
 	term.pipeWrite(`
 |06Connected to |02EN|10i|02GMA|10½ |06BBS version |12|VN
-|06Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/ 
+|06Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/ 
 |06Updates & source |14- |12https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/
 |00`
 	);