diff --git a/bin/check/changelog.sh b/bin/check/changelog.sh
index 839132f03..06aa53d68 100755
--- a/bin/check/changelog.sh
+++ b/bin/check/changelog.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 version=$(head -1 <CHANGELOG.md| cut -d" " -f1 | cut -d'[' -f2)
-changelog=$(bin/release/changelog_extract.py "$version" <CHANGELOG.md| grep '^\* ')
+changelog=$(bin/release/changelog_extract.py "$version" | grep '^\* ')
 issues=$(bin/release/get_release_note.py "$version" 2>/dev/null | grep '^\* ')
 
 if [ "$changelog" != "$issues" ];  then
diff --git a/bin/release/changelog_extract.py b/bin/release/changelog_extract.py
index a0a94ab65..0c1bdf9cd 100755
--- a/bin/release/changelog_extract.py
+++ b/bin/release/changelog_extract.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# cat CHANGELOG.md | bin/release/changelog_extract.py 1.8.0
+# bin/release/changelog_extract.py 1.8.0
 import sys
 
 
-def extract(version):
+def extract(changelog_file, version):
     print_line = False
-    for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
+    for line in open(changelog_file).readlines():
         if "CHANGELOG" in line and line.startswith("["):
             if line[1:].startswith(version):
                 print_line = True
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ def extract(version):
 def main():
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         print("usage:")
-        print("  cat CHANGELOG.md | bin/release/changelog_extract.py 1.8.0")
+        print("  bin/release/changelog_extract.py 1.8.0")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     version = sys.argv[1]
-    extract(version)
+    extract("CHANGELOG.md", version)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/bin/release/get_release_note.py b/bin/release/get_release_note.py
index 6d30ebc67..671bbdfaf 100755
--- a/bin/release/get_release_note.py
+++ b/bin/release/get_release_note.py
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ def pulls_from_issues(issues: List[Issue]) -> List[Pull]:
                         saved_pull.tags.append(tag)
                 saved_pull.issues.append(issue.number)
             else:
-                pull.tags = issue.tags
-                pull.issues.append(issue.number)
-                pulls[pull.url] = pull
+                if pull.url.startswith("/Orange-OpenSource/hurl"):
+                    pull.tags = issue.tags
+                    pull.issues.append(issue.number)
+                    pulls[pull.url] = pull
 
     return list(pulls.values())