diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a0628bb..bc20167 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         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`)
         echo "Relese tag $this_tag with changes since $prev_tag"
-        commit_messages==$(git log $prev_tag..HEAD --pretty=format:"* %s")
+        commit_messages=$'Commits since previous release: \n\n'$(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