diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 2e51477..22c7c16 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ fi
 
 # Create our changelog
 echo "## $NEW_VERSION ($NOW)" > tmpfile
-git --no-pager log --pretty=format:"  - %s" --date=short --no-merges "$BASE_STRING"...HEAD >> tmpfile
+git --no-pager log --pretty=format:"  - %s" --date=short --no-merges "$BASE_STRING"...HEAD | sed -n '1!G;h;$p' >> tmpfile
 echo "" >> tmpfile
 echo "" >> tmpfile
 echo "[Full changelog]($PROJECT_URL/$VER_COMP_STR/$VER_COMP_TAG)" >> tmpfile