diff --git a/include/server.h b/include/server.h
index 3e610d2..c76417b 100644
--- a/include/server.h
+++ b/include/server.h
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ class Server : public QObject {
      * @brief The minimum time between IC messages, in milliseconds.
      */
     int message_floodguard;
+    /**
+     * @brief URL send to the client during handshake to set the remote repository URL.
+     */
+    QUrl asset_url;
 
   public slots:
     /**
diff --git a/src/aoclient.cpp b/src/aoclient.cpp
index 39fc6cd..ba544d2 100644
--- a/src/aoclient.cpp
+++ b/src/aoclient.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ void AOClient::sendPacket(AOPacket packet)
 #ifdef NET_DEBUG
     qDebug() << "Sent packet:" << packet.header << ":" << packet.contents;
 #endif
+    packet.contents.replaceInStrings("#", "<num>")
+                   .replaceInStrings("%", "<percent>")
+                   .replaceInStrings("$", "<dollar>")
+                   .replaceInStrings("&", "<and>");
     socket->write(packet.toUtf8());
     socket->flush();
 }
diff --git a/src/packets.cpp b/src/packets.cpp
index ba52d85..13931af 100644
--- a/src/packets.cpp
+++ b/src/packets.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ void AOClient::pktSoftwareId(AreaData* area, int argc, QStringList argv, AOPacke
 
     sendPacket("PN", {QString::number(server->player_count), server->max_players});
     sendPacket("FL", feature_list);
+
+    QByteArray asset_url = server->asset_url.toEncoded(QUrl::EncodeSpaces);
+    sendPacket("ASS", {asset_url});
 }
 
 void AOClient::pktBeginLoad(AreaData* area, int argc, QStringList argv, AOPacket packet)
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 21bf840..2afdbe6 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ void Server::loadServerConfig()
     message_floodguard = config.value("message_floodguard", "250").toInt(&message_floodguard_conversion_success);
     if (!message_floodguard_conversion_success)
         message_floodguard = 30;
+    asset_url = config.value("asset_url","").toString().toUtf8();
+    if (!asset_url.isValid())
+        asset_url = NULL;
     config.endGroup();
 
     //Load dice values