diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 98de4cf6..102b2d2a 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Extension {
         console.error(e.response);
         vscode.window.showErrorMessage('GitHub error: ' + e.message);
       } else {
+        console.error(e);
         vscode.window.showErrorMessage('Error: ' + e.message);
       }
   }
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index f6626464..f0dea5cf 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -42,22 +42,24 @@ async function getGitHubOwnerAndRepositoryFromGitConfig(cwd: string): Promise<st
 }
 
 export async function getCurrentBranch(cwd: string): Promise<string|undefined> {
-  return execa('git', ['branch'], {cwd})
-    .then(result => {
-      const match = result.stdout.match(/^\* (.*)$/m);
-      return match ? match[1] : undefined;
-    });
+  const stdout = (await execa('git', ['branch'], {cwd})).stdout;
+  const match = stdout.match(/^\* (.*)$/m);
+  return match ? match[1] : undefined;
 }
 
-export async function getCommitMessage(cwd: string): Promise<string> {
-  return execa('git', ['log', '--oneline', '-1'], {cwd})
-    .then(result => {
-      const match = result.stdout.match(/^(?:.+?) (.*)/);
-      return match ? match[1] : result.stdout;
-    });
+export async function getCommitMessage(sha: string, cwd: string): Promise<string> {
+  return (await execa('git', ['log', '-n', '1', '--format=%s', sha], {cwd})).stdout.trim();
+}
+
+export async function getFirstCommitOnBranch(branch: string, cwd: string): Promise<string> {
+  return (await execa('git', ['log', '--reverse', '--right-only', '--format=%h',
+    `origin/master..origin/${branch}`], {cwd})).stdout.trim().split('\n')[0];
+}
+
+export async function getCommitBody(sha: string, cwd: string): Promise<string> {
+  return (await execa('git', ['log', '--format=%b', '-n', '1', sha], {cwd})).stdout.trim();
 }
 
 export async function checkout(cwd: string, branch: string): Promise<void> {
-  return execa('git', ['checkout', branch], {cwd})
-    .then(() => undefined);
+  await execa('git', ['checkout', branch], {cwd});
 }
diff --git a/src/github-manager.ts b/src/github-manager.ts
index 332e5f94..1d01860a 100644
--- a/src/github-manager.ts
+++ b/src/github-manager.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ export class GitHubManager {
     this.channel = channel;
   }
 
+  private log(message: string): void {
+    this.channel.appendLine(message);
+    console.log(message);
+  }
+
   get connected(): boolean {
     return Boolean(this.github);
   }
@@ -80,10 +85,17 @@ export class GitHubManager {
     }
     const [owner, repository] = await git.getGitHubOwnerAndRepository(this.cwd);
     const branch = await git.getCurrentBranch(this.cwd);
+    if (!branch) {
+      throw new Error('No current branch');
+    }
+    this.log(`Create pull request on branch ${branch}`);
+    const firstCommit = await git.getFirstCommitOnBranch(branch, this.cwd);
+    this.log(`First commit on branch ${firstCommit}`);
     const body: CreatePullRequestBody = {
-      title: await git.getCommitMessage(this.cwd),
+      title: await git.getCommitMessage(firstCommit, this.cwd),
       head: `${owner}:${branch}`,
-      base: await this.getDefaultBranch()
+      base: await this.getDefaultBranch(),
+      body: await git.getCommitBody(firstCommit, this.cwd)
     };
     this.channel.appendLine('Create pull request:');
     this.channel.appendLine(JSON.stringify(body, undefined, ' '));