diff --git a/LICENSE.TXT b/LICENSE.TXT
index 6fca7184..c2ae489c 100644
--- a/LICENSE.TXT
+++ b/LICENSE.TXT
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Bryan D. Ashby
+Copyright (c) 2015-2023, Bryan D. Ashby
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da8dcf38..ced99366 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ENiGMA has been tested with many terminals. However, the following are suggested
 ## License
 Released under the [BSD 2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) license:
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Bryan D. Ashby
+Copyright (c) 2015-2023, Bryan D. Ashby
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/core/activitypub/actor.js b/core/activitypub/actor.js
index 45fadf2c..16af216f 100644
--- a/core/activitypub/actor.js
+++ b/core/activitypub/actor.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const ActivityPubSettings = require('./settings');
 const ActivityPubObject = require('./object');
 const { ActivityStreamMediaType, Collections } = require('./const');
 const Config = require('../config').get;
+const { stripMciColorCodes } = require('../color_codes');
+const { stripAnsiControlCodes } = require('../string_util');
 
 //  deps
 const _ = require('lodash');
@@ -107,6 +109,11 @@ module.exports = class Actor extends ActivityPubObject {
             }
         };
 
+        const summary = stripMciColorCodes(
+            stripAnsiControlCodes(user.getProperty(UserProps.AutoSignature) || ''),
+            { mode: 'nonAsciiPrintable' }
+        );
+
         const obj = {
             id: userActorId,
             type: 'Person',
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ module.exports = class Actor extends ActivityPubObject {
             outbox: Endpoints.outbox(user),
             followers: Endpoints.followers(user),
             following: Endpoints.following(user),
-            summary: user.getProperty(UserProps.AutoSignature) || '',
+            summary,
             url: Endpoints.profile(user),
             manuallyApprovesFollowers: userSettings.manuallyApprovesFollowers,
             discoverable: userSettings.discoverable,
diff --git a/core/connect.js b/core/connect.js
index affa4eec..489fd187 100644
--- a/core/connect.js
+++ b/core/connect.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function ansiAttemptDetectUTF8(client, cb) {
             withCursorPositionReport(
                 client,
                 pos => {
-                    const [_, w] = pos;
+                    const [, w] = pos;
                     const len = w - initialPosition[1];
                     if (!isNaN(len) && len >= ASCIIPortion.length + 6) {
                         //  CP437 displays 3 chars each Unicode skull
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const ansiQuerySyncTermFontSupport = (client, cb) => {
     withCursorPositionReport(
         client,
         pos => {
-            const [_, w] = pos;
+            const [, w] = pos;
             if (w === 1) {
                 // cursor didn't move
                 client.log.info(`SyncTERM font support enabled on node ${client.node}`);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function displayBanner(term) {
     //  note: intentional formatting:
     term.pipeWrite(`
 |06Connected to |02EN|10i|02GMA|10½ |06BBS version |12|VN
-|06Copyright (c) 2014-2022 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/
+|06Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/
 |06Updates & source |14- |12https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/
 |00`);
 }
diff --git a/core/qwk_mail_packet.js b/core/qwk_mail_packet.js
index a22be749..bf71da5a 100644
--- a/core/qwk_mail_packet.js
+++ b/core/qwk_mail_packet.js
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ class QWKPacketWriter extends EventEmitter {
                     }
 
                     //  First block is a space padded ID
-                    const id = `Created with ENiGMA 1/2 BBS v${enigmaVersion} Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Bryan Ashby`;
+                    const id = `Created with ENiGMA 1/2 BBS v${enigmaVersion} Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Bryan Ashby`;
                     this.messagesStream.write(
                         id.padEnd(QWKMessageBlockSize, ' '),
                         'ascii'
diff --git a/docs/_docs/installation/testing.md b/docs/_docs/installation/testing.md
index 1982d0d2..fb095c75 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/installation/testing.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/installation/testing.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ _Note that if you've used the [Docker](docker.md) installation method, you've al
 If everything went OK:
 
 ```text
-ENiGMA½ Copyright (c) 2014-2022, Bryan Ashby
+ENiGMA½ Copyright (c) 2014-2023, Bryan Ashby
 _____________________   _____  ____________________    __________\_   /
 \__   ____/\_ ____   \ /____/ /   _____ __         \  /   ______/ // /___jp!
 //   __|___//   |    \//   |//   |    \//  |  |    \//        \ /___   /_____