diff --git a/build.sc b/build.sc
index c8641795b..9bf01d8da 100644
--- a/build.sc
+++ b/build.sc
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ trait Launcher extends AlmondSimpleModule with BootstrapLauncher with PropertyFi
     }
     Seq(
       "kernel-main-class"        -> mainClass,
+      "ammonite-version"         -> Versions.ammonite,
       "default-scala212-version" -> ScalaVersions.scala212,
       "default-scala213-version" -> ScalaVersions.scala213,
       "default-scala-version"    -> ScalaVersions.scala3Latest
diff --git a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Launcher.scala b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Launcher.scala
index 634bcc5da..13f2067a8 100644
--- a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Launcher.scala
+++ b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Launcher.scala
@@ -41,16 +41,7 @@ object Launcher extends CaseApp[LauncherOptions] {
     logCtx: LoggerContext
   ): (os.proc, String, Option[String]) = {
 
-    val requestedScalaVersion = params0.scala
-      .orElse(options.scala.map(_.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty))
-      .getOrElse(Properties.defaultScalaVersion)
-
-    val scalaVersion = requestedScalaVersion match {
-      case "2.12"       => Properties.defaultScala212Version
-      case "2" | "2.13" => Properties.defaultScala213Version
-      case "3"          => Properties.defaultScalaVersion
-      case _            => requestedScalaVersion
-    }
+    val (scalaVersion, _) = LauncherInterpreter.computeScalaVersion(params0, options)
 
     def content(entries: Seq[(coursierapi.Artifact, File)]): ClassLoaderContent = {
       val entries0 = entries.map {
diff --git a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/LauncherInterpreter.scala b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/LauncherInterpreter.scala
index 1972858c4..0ed4f76f1 100644
--- a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/LauncherInterpreter.scala
+++ b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/LauncherInterpreter.scala
@@ -20,26 +20,27 @@ class LauncherInterpreter(
   options: LauncherOptions
 ) extends Interpreter {
 
-  def kernelInfo(): KernelInfo =
+  def kernelInfo(): KernelInfo = {
+    val (sv, svOrigin) = LauncherInterpreter.computeScalaVersion(params, options)
     KernelInfo(
       implementation = "scala",
-      implementation_version = "???",
+      implementation_version = Properties.version,
       language_info = KernelInfo.LanguageInfo(
         name = "scala",
-        version = "???",
+        version = Properties.version,
         mimetype = "text/x-scala",
         file_extension = ".sc",
         nbconvert_exporter = "script",
         codemirror_mode = Some("text/x-scala")
       ),
       banner =
-        s"""Almond ${"???"}
-           |Ammonite ${"???"}
-           |${"???"}
-           |Java ${"???"}""".stripMargin, // +
+        s"""Almond ${Properties.version}
+           |Ammonite ${Properties.ammoniteVersion}
+           |Scala $sv (from $svOrigin)""".stripMargin, // +
       // params.extraBannerOpt.fold("")("\n\n" + _),
       help_links = None // Some(params.extraLinks.toList).filter(_.nonEmpty)
     )
+  }
 
   var kernelOptions = KernelOptions()
   var params        = LauncherParameters()
@@ -226,4 +227,21 @@ object LauncherInterpreter {
       fansi.Attrs.Empty
     )
   }
+
+  def computeScalaVersion(
+    params0: LauncherParameters,
+    options: LauncherOptions
+  ): (String, String) = {
+
+    val requestedScalaVersion = params0.scala.map((_, "directive"))
+      .orElse(options.scala.map(_.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty).map((_, "command-line")))
+      .getOrElse((Properties.defaultScalaVersion, "default"))
+
+    requestedScalaVersion._1 match {
+      case "2.12"       => (Properties.defaultScala212Version, requestedScalaVersion._2)
+      case "2" | "2.13" => (Properties.defaultScala213Version, requestedScalaVersion._2)
+      case "3"          => (Properties.defaultScalaVersion, requestedScalaVersion._2)
+      case _            => requestedScalaVersion
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Properties.scala b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Properties.scala
index 801baa8cd..f4c48199e 100644
--- a/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Properties.scala
+++ b/modules/scala/launcher/src/main/scala/almond/launcher/Properties.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ object Properties {
   lazy val version    = prop("version")
   lazy val commitHash = prop("commit-hash")
 
+  lazy val ammoniteVersion = prop("ammonite-version")
+
   lazy val kernelMainClass        = prop("kernel-main-class")
   lazy val defaultScalaVersion    = prop("default-scala-version")
   lazy val defaultScala212Version = prop("default-scala212-version")