diff --git a/conda_env.yml b/conda_env.yml
index 4f3e7fe6..1b854fd7 100644
--- a/conda_env.yml
+++ b/conda_env.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ dependencies:
 - lxml
 
 - pip:
-  - psutil
-  - pyfiglet
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+  - psutil
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diff --git a/gprMax/utilities.py b/gprMax/utilities.py
index c069e2bc..e56a4123 100644
--- a/gprMax/utilities.py
+++ b/gprMax/utilities.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 import sys
 import decimal as d
 
-from pyfiglet import Figlet
-
 
 class ListStream(object):
     """A list can be streamed into. Required when temporarily redirecting stdio to capture output from users Python code blocks."""
@@ -56,12 +54,21 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with gprMax.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
     
+    gprMaxlogo = """
+                                 __  __
+                 __ _ _ __  _ __|  \/  | __ ___  __
+                / _` | '_ \| '__| |\/| |/ _` \ \/ /
+               | (_| | |_) | |  | |  | | (_| |>  <
+                \__, | .__/|_|  |_|  |_|\__,_/_/\_\\
+                |___/|_|
+        """
+    
     width = 65
     url = 'www.gprmax.com'
+    
     print('\nElectromagnetic modelling software based on the Finite-Difference \nTime-Domain (FDTD) method')
     print('\n{} {} {}'.format('*'*round((width - len(url))/2), url, '*'*round((width - len(url))/2)))
-    gprMaxlogo = Figlet(font='standard', width=width, justify='center')
-    print('{}'.format(gprMaxlogo.renderText('gprMax')))
+    print('{}'.format(gprMaxlogo))
     print('{} v{} {}'.format('*'*round((width - len(version))/2), (version), '*'*round((width - len(version))/2)))
     print(licenseinfo)