From 295b0236de85d49bdbe86fc4ffb66fb0e0422037 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anjakefala <anja@voltrondata.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 20:26:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [motd] default motd is Support VisiData instead of blank

---
 visidata/motd.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/visidata/motd.py b/visidata/motd.py
index bc7427f76..dc1295e60 100644
--- a/visidata/motd.py
+++ b/visidata/motd.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 vd.option('motd_url', 'https://visidata.org/motd-'+vd.version, 'source of randomized startup messages', sheettype=None)
 
 
-vd.motd = ''
+vd.motd = 'Support VisiData: https://github.com/sponsors/saulpw'
 
 @VisiData.api
 @asyncsingle
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ def domotd(vd):
             p = vd.urlcache(options.motd_url, days=1)
             line = random.choice(list(p))
             vd.motd = line.split('\t')[0]
-            vd.status(vd.motd, priority=-1)
     except Exception:
         pass
+    vd.status(vd.motd, priority=-1)