diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 7ba7ba43..bd813156 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
     "aws_domain_name": "api.{{ cookiecutter.aws_base_domain_name }}",
     "aws_staging_domain_name": "staging.{{ cookiecutter.aws_domain_name }}",
     "aws_ec2_ssh_key": "",
-    "use_slack_notifications": "y",
-    "slack_channel": "{% if cookiecutter.use_slack_notification == 'y' %}#develop{% else %}''{% endif %}"
+    "use_slack_notification": "y",
+    "slack_channel": "{% if cookiecutter.use_slack_notification == 'y' %}#develop{% else %}{% endif %}"
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 7a84a985..8a6e627d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           git tag $TAG
           git push origin $TAG
         env:
-          commit_msg : {% raw %} ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }} {% endraw %}
           sender : {% raw %} ${{ github.event.sender.login }} {% endraw %}
+          before : {% raw %} ${{ github.event.before }} {% endraw %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/bin/notify.py b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/bin/notify.py
index 4cbf3a7a..eceb8669 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/bin/notify.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/bin/notify.py
@@ -1,49 +1,63 @@
 import argparse
+import logging
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
+import itertools
 
 import requests
 
-msg_template = "*{timestamp}*\n{author}\n{changelog}"
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+MSG_TEMPLATE = "*{timestamp}*\n{author}\n{changelog}"
+# In case deploy is done manually we don't know what was the version of last deployment
+# so printing fixed amount of commit messages
+COMMITS_TO_TAKE = 5
 
 
 class SlackNotifier:
-    url = "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage"
+    URL = "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage"
 
-    def __init__(self, token, channel):
+    def __init__(self, token: str, channel: str):
         if not channel or not token:
-            raise Exception("Missing token or channel")
+            raise Exception("Missing token or channel. Make sure your .env file is fine")
 
         self.token = token
         self.channel = channel
 
     def notify(self, text):
-        print(f"Sending message to channel {self.channel}")
-        r = requests.post(
-            self.url,
+        logger.info(f"Sending message to channel {self.channel}")
+        response = requests.post(
+            self.URL,
             data={
                 "text": text,
                 "channel": self.channel,
                 "token": self.token,
             },
         )
-        r.raise_for_status()
+        response.raise_for_status()
 
 
 def get_deployment_author():
     return os.environ.get("sender") or "Deployed manually"
 
 
-def get_deployment_changelog():
-    # for now it's just message of last commit when deployed with github action
-    return os.environ.get("commit_msg") or ""
+def get_deployment_changelog(changelog, parse=True):
+    if not parse:
+        return changelog
 
+    before_sha = os.environ.get("before")
+    all_commits = [c.split(",") for c in changelog.split("\n")]
+    if before_sha:
+        commits = itertools.takewhile(lambda c: c[1] == before_sha, all_commits)
+    else:
+        commits = all_commits[:COMMITS_TO_TAKE]
+    return "\n".join(c[1] for c in commits)
 
-def get_message():
-    return msg_template.format(
+
+def get_message(changelog):
+    return MSG_TEMPLATE.format(
         timestamp=datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0),
         author=get_deployment_author(),
-        changelog=get_deployment_changelog(),
+        changelog=changelog,
     )
 
 
@@ -60,16 +74,23 @@ def parse_arguments():
         "-m",
         "--message",
         action="store",
-        default=get_message(),
         dest="message",
+        required=True,
         help="Message to send",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        "--parse",
+        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+        help="Parse message first. It's used during the deploy to parse `git log` output",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser_result = parse_arguments()
-    token = os.environ.get("SLACK_TOKEN")
-    channel = parser_result.channel or os.environ.get("SLACK_CHANNEL")
+    token = os.environ.get("SLACK_TOKEN") or ""
+    channel = parser_result.channel or os.environ.get("SLACK_CHANNEL") or ""
     slack_notifier = SlackNotifier(token, channel)
-    slack_notifier.notify(parser_result.message)
+    changelog = get_deployment_changelog(parser_result.message, parser_result.parse)
+    slack_notifier.notify(get_message(changelog))
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/deploy.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/deploy.sh
index ac851dd5..7141745a 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/deploy.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/deploy.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ docker-compose up -d
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_slack_notification %}
 # Send slack notification about deploy
-docker-compose run --rm app sh -c "python bin/notify.py"
+output=`git log --format=format:%H,%s`
+docker-compose run --rm app sh -c "python /root/src/bin/notify.py --parse -m \"$output\""
 {% endif %}
 
 # Clean all dangling images
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/devops/scripts/deploy-backend.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/devops/scripts/deploy-backend.sh
index 24389482..fd0d3f99 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/devops/scripts/deploy-backend.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/devops/scripts/deploy-backend.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ cd "$PROJECT_DIR"/app
 echo "Deploying Backend: ${APP_NAME}"
 docker push ${APP_OWNER}.dkr.ecr.${APP_REGION}.amazonaws.com/${APP_NAME}:latest
 
-aws autoscaling start-instance-refresh --region ${APP_REGION} --auto-scaling-group-name ${APP_NAME}
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Sending slack notification"
+output=`git log --format=format:%H,%s`
+docker run --rm ${APP_NAME} sh -c "python bin/notify.py --parse -m \"$output\""
+
+aws autoscaling start-instance-refresh --region ${APP_REGION} --auto-scaling-group-name ${APP_NAME}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/dev/.env.template b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/dev/.env.template
index 29a3be1a..de29480d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/dev/.env.template
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/dev/.env.template
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ BACKUP_B2_KEY_SECRET=
 BACKUP_LOCAL_ROTATE_KEEP_LAST=
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_slack_notification == "y" %}
-SLACK_TOKEN="token"
+SLACK_TOKEN=
 SLACK_CHANNEL="{{cookiecutter.slack_channel}}"
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/prod/.env.template b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/prod/.env.template
index d2188648..7cf9315e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/prod/.env.template
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repostory_name}}/envs/prod/.env.template
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ BACKUP_B2_KEY_SECRET=
 BACKUP_LOCAL_ROTATE_KEEP_LAST=
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_slack_notification == "y" %}
-SLACK_TOKEN="token"
+SLACK_TOKEN=
 SLACK_CHANNEL="{{cookiecutter.slack_channel}}"
 {% endif %}