diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb63274e8..48110e002 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > the oldest IPFS implementation, previously known as "go-ipfs"
 
-![kubo](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/157609/167471494-dee3a355-b551-4fbf-98e0-2eb76e867b48.png)
+![kubo, an IPFS node in Go](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzacecaesuqmivkauix25v6i6xxxsvsrtxknhgb5zak3xxsg2nb4dhs2u/ipfs.go.png)
 
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 [![GoDoc](https://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-5272B4.svg?style=flat-square&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://godoc.org/github.com/ipfs/kubo)
diff --git a/core/corehttp/commands.go b/core/corehttp/commands.go
index b433dfea7..c0ebf5506 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/commands.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/commands.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func addHeadersFromConfig(c *cmdsHttp.ServerConfig, nc *config.Config) {
 			c.Headers[h] = v
 		}
 	}
-	c.Headers["Server"] = []string{"go-ipfs/" + version.CurrentVersionNumber}
+	c.Headers["Server"] = []string{"kubo/" + version.CurrentVersionNumber}
 }
 
 func addCORSDefaults(c *cmdsHttp.ServerConfig) {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func CommandsROOption(cctx oldcmds.Context) ServeOption {
 	return commandsOption(cctx, corecommands.RootRO, true)
 }
 
-// CheckVersionOption returns a ServeOption that checks whether the client ipfs version matches. Does nothing when the user agent string does not contain `/go-ipfs/`
+// CheckVersionOption returns a ServeOption that checks whether the client ipfs version matches. Does nothing when the user agent string does not contain `/kubo/` or `/go-ipfs/`
 func CheckVersionOption() ServeOption {
 	daemonVersion := version.ApiVersion
 
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ func CheckVersionOption() ServeOption {
 				// backwards compatibility to previous version check
 				if len(pth) >= 2 && pth[1] != "version" {
 					clientVersion := r.UserAgent()
-					// skips check if client is not go-ipfs
-					if strings.Contains(clientVersion, "/go-ipfs/") && daemonVersion != clientVersion {
+					// skips check if client is not kubo (go-ipfs)
+					if (strings.Contains(clientVersion, "/go-ipfs/") || strings.Contains(clientVersion, "/kubo/")) && daemonVersion != clientVersion {
 						http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s != %s)", errAPIVersionMismatch, daemonVersion, clientVersion), http.StatusBadRequest)
 						return
 					}