diff --git a/basic/barrier/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/barrier/Application.java b/basic/barrier/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/barrier/Application.java
index ea3a75af..0706ffc4 100644
--- a/basic/barrier/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/barrier/Application.java
+++ b/basic/barrier/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/barrier/Application.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.samples.barrier;
 
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.CachingConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.Banner.Mode;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public class Application {
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext client
 			= new SpringApplicationBuilder("/META-INF/spring/integration/client-context.xml")
 				.web(false)
+				.bannerMode(Mode.OFF)
 				.run(args);
 		RequestGateway requestGateway = client.getBean("requestGateway", RequestGateway.class);
 		String request = "A,B,C";
diff --git a/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/application.properties b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a694787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.output.ansi.enabled=always
diff --git a/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af45c57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+${AnsiColor.DEFAULT}
+${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+  _____                             _____       _                       _
+ / ____|           (_)             |_   _|     | |                     | |  (_)
+ | (___  _ __  _ __ _ _ __   __ _    | |  _ __ | |_ ___  __ _ _ __ __ _| |_ _  ___  _ __
+  \___ \| '_ \| '__| | '_ \ / _` |   | | | '_ \| __/ _ \/ _` | '__/ _` | __| |/ _ \| '_ \
+  ____) | |_) | |  | | | | | (_| |  _| |_| | | | ||  __/ (_| | | | (_| | |_| | (_) | | | |
+ |_____/| .__/|_|  |_|_|_|_|\__, | |_____|_| |_|\__\___|\__, |_|  \__,_|\__|_|\___/|_| |_|
+ |  _ \ | |            (_)   __/ |    / ____|            __/ |    | |      ${AnsiColor.BRIGHT_BLUE} ____________${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+ | |_) ||_| _ _ __ _ __ _  _|___/__  | (___   __ _ _ __ |___/_ __ | | ___  ${AnsiColor.BRIGHT_BLUE} \ \ \ \ \ \ \${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+ |  _ < / _` | '__| '__| |/ _ \ '__|  \___ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \| '_ \| |/ _ \ ${AnsiColor.BRIGHT_BLUE}  \ \ \ \ \ \ \${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+ | |_) | (_| | |  | |  | |  __/ |     ____) | (_| | | | | | | |_) | |  __/ ${AnsiColor.BRIGHT_BLUE}  / / / / / / /${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+ |____/ \__,_|_|  |_|  |_|\___|_|    |_____/ \__,_|_| |_| |_| .__/|_|\___| ${AnsiColor.BRIGHT_BLUE} / / / / / / /${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+============================================================| |===========
+                                                            |_|${AnsiColor.DEFAULT}
diff --git a/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index f8caae18..529bd8b5 100644
--- a/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/basic/barrier/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   </root>
 
   <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN" />
-  <logger name="org.springframework.integration" level="WARN" />
+  <logger name="org.springframework.integration" level="ERROR" />
   <logger name="org.springframework.amqp" level="WARN" />
 
 </configuration>