diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-releasenotes.yml b/.github/workflows/post-releasenotes.yml
index 6df55f8dd..268d97cc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-releasenotes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-releasenotes.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         version=$(cat release-version)
         echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-    # ironically, we have to upload a file, otherwise this won't create a release with just the release notes
+    # add a file containing the release title so it can be picked up and listed on the release page on our web server
     - name: publish release
       if: github.event_name == 'push'
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/nightly-builds
         token: ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_BUILDS }}
         prerelease: false
-        files: gh_release_notes.md
+        files: release_content_title.txt
         body_path: gh_release_notes.md
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce8a5bed8..3074508a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ packaging/ios/asset_catalog_compiler.Info.plist
 appdata/subsurface.appdata.xml
 android-mobile/Roboto-Regular.ttf
 gh_release_notes.md
+release_content_title.txt
diff --git a/scripts/create-releasenotes.sh b/scripts/create-releasenotes.sh
index 1a81b29fe..a024ac54f 100755
--- a/scripts/create-releasenotes.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-releasenotes.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,23 @@ json=$(gh pr list -s merged -S "$1" --json title,number,url)
 
 cp gh_release_notes_top.md gh_release_notes.md
 if [[ $json != "[]" ]]; then
-(
-	echo -n 'This build was created by [merging pull request '
-	echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{number}|join(" ")'
-	echo -n ' ('
-	echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{title}|join(" ")'
-	echo -n ')]('
-	echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{url}|join(" ")'
-	echo ' )'
-) >> gh_release_notes.md
+	echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{title}|join(" ")' > release_content_title.txt
+
+	(
+		echo -n 'This build was created by [merging pull request '
+		echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{number}|join(" ")'
+		echo -n ' ('
+		cat release_content_title.txt
+		echo -n ')]('
+		echo -n $json | jq -j '.[0]|{url}|join(" ")'
+		echo ' )'
+	) >> gh_release_notes.md
 else
-(
-	echo "This build was created by directly pushing to the Subsurface repo."
-	echo "The latest commit was [$(git log --pretty=format:"%an: '%s'" -n1)](https://github.com/subsurface/subsurface/commit/$1 )"
-) >> gh_release_notes.md
+	git log --pretty=format:"%an: '%s'" -n1 > release_content_title.txt
+
+	(
+		echo "This build was created by directly pushing to the Subsurface repo."
+		echo "The latest commit was [$(cat release_content_title.txt)](https://github.com/subsurface/subsurface/commit/$1 )"
+	) >> gh_release_notes.md
 fi
 cat gh_release_notes_bottom.md >> gh_release_notes.md