diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index b6c78320..458e7e72 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ config OCRE_LOG_INF
   help
     Enable Ocre debug logging
 
+config OCRE_PRINT_BANNER
+  bool "Print Ocre runtime banner at startup"
+  default y
+  help
+    Enable printing of the Ocre runtime banner with version and system information
+    at application startup.
+
 if OCRE
 
 module = OCRE
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ endif
 config OCRE_SENSORS
     bool "Enable OCRE Sensors support"
     default n
-    depends on SENSOR 
+    depends on SENSOR
     help
       Enable support for OCRE sensors
 
@@ -121,13 +128,13 @@ config OCRE_CONTAINER_DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE
   default 2048
   help
     The default value used for a container's stack size.
-    
+
 config MAX_CONTAINERS
     int "Maximum concurrent containers"
     default 10
     help
     The default value for maximum number of container's.
-    
+
 config MAX_TIMERS
     int "Maximum number of timers"
     default 5
@@ -159,8 +166,8 @@ config OCRE_GPIO
     help
       Enable the OCRE GPIO driver that provides a portable API layer
       for GPIO operations across different hardware platforms.
-  
-  
+
+
 config OCRE_TIMER
     bool "OCRE Timer Driver"
     default y
@@ -192,7 +199,7 @@ config OCRE_CONTAINER_MESSAGING
     default n
     help
       Enable support for OCRE Container Messaging
-  
+
 config MESSAGING_MAX_SUBSCRIPTIONS
     int "Number of maximum subscriptions for Container Messaging"
     default 10
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8432e0c4..0d8ce028 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ if [[ "$TARGET" == "z" ]]; then
 
     if [[ ${#INPUT_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
         echo "Input files provided: ${INPUT_FILES[*]}"
-        rm flash.bin
+        rm -f flash.bin
         west build -p -b $ZEPHYR_BOARD ./application -d build -- \
             -DMODULE_EXT_ROOT=`pwd`/application -DOCRE_INPUT_FILE="${INPUT_FILES[0]}" -DTARGET_PLATFORM_NAME=Zephyr $CONF_EXTRA || exit 1
     else
-        rm flash.bin
+        rm -f flash.bin
         west build -p -b $ZEPHYR_BOARD ./application -d build -- \
             -DMODULE_EXT_ROOT=`pwd`/application -DTARGET_PLATFORM_NAME=Zephyr $CONF_EXTRA || exit 1
     fi
diff --git a/prj.conf b/prj.conf
index 519f3f84..8279c980 100644
--- a/prj.conf
+++ b/prj.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_ALLOC=y
 
 # File system
 CONFIG_FILE_SYSTEM=y
-#CONFIG_DISK_ACCESS=y 
+#CONFIG_DISK_ACCESS=y
 CONFIG_FILE_SYSTEM_LITTLEFS=y
 
 # Settings support
@@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ CONFIG_OCRE_MEMORY_CHECK_ENABLED=n
 CONFIG_OCRE_GPIO=y
 
 CONFIG_OCRE_LOG_INF=y
+CONFIG_OCRE_PRINT_BANNER=y
diff --git a/src/samples-mini/zephyr/main.c b/src/samples-mini/zephyr/main.c
index 0927ae7a..4457601e 100644
--- a/src/samples-mini/zephyr/main.c
+++ b/src/samples-mini/zephyr/main.c
@@ -48,7 +48,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	ocre_container_runtime_status_t ret = ocre_container_runtime_init(&ctx, &args);
 
 	if (ret == RUNTIME_STATUS_INITIALIZED) {
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SOC_SERIES
+#define CONFIG_SOC_SERIES "undefined"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCRE_PRINT_BANNER
+		printf("\n\n");
+		printf("═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n");
+		printf("  Ocre Runtime v%s\n", APP_VERSION_STRING);
+		printf("═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n");
+		printf("  Zephyr:    %s\n", KERNEL_VERSION_STRING);
+		printf("  Board:     %s\n", CONFIG_BOARD_TARGET);
+		printf("  SoC:       %s (%s)\n", CONFIG_SOC, CONFIG_SOC_SERIES);
+		printf("  Arch:      %s\n", CONFIG_ARCH);
+		printf("  RAM:       %d KB heap\n", CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE / 1024);
+		printf("  WAMR:      %d KB\n", CONFIG_OCRE_WAMR_HEAP_BUFFER_SIZE / 1024);
+		printf("═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n\n");
+#else
 		printf("\n\nOcre runtime started\n");
+#endif
 
 		create_sample_container(container_filename);