diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d9ab5df..a0628bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ jobs:
         git fetch --depth=500
         this_tag=$(python -c "import eos;print('v'+eos.__version__)")
         prev_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags `git rev-list --tags --skip=1  --max-count=1`)
-        commit_messages==$'Commits since previous release: \n\n'$(git log $prev_tag..HEAD --pretty=format:"* %s")
+        echo "Relese tag $this_tag with changes since $prev_tag"
+        commit_messages==$(git log $prev_tag..HEAD --pretty=format:"* %s")
+        echo "Commit messages: $commit_messages"
         echo "RELEASE_TAG=$this_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "RELEASE_NOTE=$commit_messages" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Create Release