diff --git a/src/CNLoginServer.cpp b/src/CNLoginServer.cpp
index 53ccbdb..7947479 100644
--- a/src/CNLoginServer.cpp
+++ b/src/CNLoginServer.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,20 @@ void CNLoginServer::login(CNSocket* sock, CNPacketData* data) {
         userPassword.erase(userPassword.find("\n"), 1);
 
     // check regex
-    if (!CNLoginServer::isLoginDataGood(userLogin, userPassword))
+    if (!CNLoginServer::isLoginDataGood(userLogin, userPassword)) {
+        // send a custom error message
+        INITSTRUCT(sP_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE, msg);
+        std::string text = "Invalid login or password\n";
+        text += "Login has to be 4 - 32 characters long and can't contain special characters other than dash and underscore\n";
+        text += "Password has to be 8 - 32 characters long";          
+        U8toU16(text, msg.szAnnounceMsg, sizeof(msg.szAnnounceMsg));
+        msg.iDuringTime = 15;
+        sock->sendPacket((void*)&msg, P_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE, sizeof(sP_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE));
+
+        // we still have to send login fail to prevent softlock
         return loginFail(LoginError::LOGIN_ERROR, userLogin, sock);
+    }
+        
 
     Database::Account findUser = {};
     Database::findAccount(&findUser, userLogin);
@@ -133,7 +145,25 @@ void CNLoginServer::login(CNSocket* sock, CNPacketData* data) {
 
     // is the account banned
     if (findUser.BannedUntil > getTimestamp())
-        return loginFail(LoginError::LOGIN_ERROR, userLogin, sock);
+    {
+        // send a custom error message
+        INITSTRUCT(sP_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE, msg);
+
+        // ceiling devision
+        int64_t remainingDays = (findUser.BannedUntil-getTimestamp()) / 86400 + ((findUser.BannedUntil - getTimestamp()) % 86400 != 0);
+
+        std::string text = "Your account has been banned by game master\nReason: ";
+        text += findUser.BanReason;
+        text += "\nBan expires in " + std::to_string(remainingDays) + " day";
+        if (remainingDays > 1)
+            text += "s";
+
+        U8toU16(text, msg.szAnnounceMsg, sizeof(msg.szAnnounceMsg));
+        msg.iDuringTime = 99999999;
+        sock->sendPacket((void*)&msg, P_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE, sizeof(sP_FE2CL_GM_REP_PC_ANNOUNCE));
+        // don't send fail packet to softlock sucker's client
+        return;
+    }
 
     /* 
      * calling this here to timestamp login attempt,
@@ -180,7 +210,10 @@ void CNLoginServer::login(CNSocket* sock, CNPacketData* data) {
         sock->sendPacket((void*)&*it, P_LS2CL_REP_CHAR_INFO, sizeof(sP_LS2CL_REP_CHAR_INFO));
 
     DEBUGLOG(
-        std::cout << "Login Server: Loaded " << (int)resp.iCharCount << " characters" << std::endl;
+        std::string message = "Login Server: Loaded " + std::to_string(resp.iCharCount) + "character";
+        if ((int)resp.iCharCount > 1)
+            message += "s";
+        std::cout << message << std::endl;
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index 85bebc0..8966aaa 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,28 @@ void Database::checkMetaTable() {
     sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
 
     if (dbVersion != DATABASE_VERSION) {
-        // we should be handling migrations here in the future
-        std::cout << "[FATAL] DB Version doesn't match Server Build" << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
+        // migrations
+        if (dbVersion == 1) {
+            // Version 1 - > 2
+            sqlite3_exec(db, "BEGIN TRANSACTION;", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+            int rc = sqlite3_exec(db, "ALTER TABLE Accounts ADD BanReason TEXT", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+            if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+                std::cout << "[FATAL] Failed to apply Database migration" << std::endl;
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            rc = sqlite3_exec(db, "UPDATE Meta SET Value = 2 WHERE Key = 'DatabaseVersion';", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+            if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+                std::cout << "[FATAL] Failed to apply Database migration" << std::endl;
+                exit(1);
+            }
+
+            sqlite3_exec(db, "COMMIT;", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        }
+        else {
+            std::cout << "[FATAL] Invalid DB Version" << std::endl;
+            exit(1);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +222,7 @@ void Database::createTables() {
             LastLogin    INTEGER DEFAULT (strftime('%s', 'now')) NOT NULL,
             BannedUntil  INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
             BannedSince  INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
+            BanReason    TEXT,
             PRIMARY KEY(AccountID AUTOINCREMENT)
         );
 
@@ -370,7 +390,7 @@ void Database::findAccount(Account* account, std::string login) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(dbCrit);
 
     const char* sql = R"(
-        SELECT AccountID, Password, Selected, BannedUntil
+        SELECT AccountID, Password, Selected, BannedUntil, BanReason
         FROM Accounts
         WHERE Login = ?
         LIMIT 1;
@@ -386,6 +406,7 @@ void Database::findAccount(Account* account, std::string login) {
         account->Password = std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1)));
         account->Selected = sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 2);
         account->BannedUntil = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 3);
+        account->BanReason = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 4));
     }
     sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
 }
diff --git a/src/Database.hpp b/src/Database.hpp
index 8564aee..6ed8cca 100644
--- a/src/Database.hpp
+++ b/src/Database.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define DATABASE_VERSION 1
+#define DATABASE_VERSION 2
 
 namespace Database {
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Database {
         std::string Password;
         int Selected;
         time_t BannedUntil;
+        std::string BanReason;
     };
     struct EmailData {
         int PlayerId;