diff --git a/app/src/lib/components/History.svelte b/app/src/lib/components/History.svelte
index 9c1729fb5..a82c126bd 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/components/History.svelte
+++ b/app/src/lib/components/History.svelte
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
 						<div>
 							after: {entry.details?.trailers.find((t) => t.key === 'after')?.value}
 						</div>
+					{:else if ['CreateCommit'].includes(entry.details?.operation || '')}
+						message: {entry.details?.trailers.find((t) => t.key === 'message')?.value}
 					{/if}
 				</div>
 				<div>
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/ops/snapshot.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/ops/snapshot.rs
index 08ab0c4a2..7ff87d0cc 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/ops/snapshot.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/ops/snapshot.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,19 @@ pub trait Snapshot {
         old_branch: Branch,
         update: BranchUpdateRequest,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
+    fn snapshot_commit_creation(&self, commit_message: String) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 }
 
 impl<T: Oplog> Snapshot for T {
+    fn snapshot_commit_creation(&self, commit_message: String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let details =
+            SnapshotDetails::new(OperationType::CreateCommit).with_trailers(vec![Trailer {
+                key: "message".to_string(),
+                value: commit_message,
+            }]);
+        self.create_snapshot(details)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
     fn snapshot_branch_creation(&self, branch_name: String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let details =
             SnapshotDetails::new(OperationType::CreateBranch).with_trailers(vec![Trailer {
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/controller.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/controller.rs
index 8de8e3780..c74f11449 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/controller.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/controller.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     ops::{
         entry::{OperationType, SnapshotDetails},
         oplog::Oplog,
+        snapshot::Snapshot,
     },
 };
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path, sync::Arc};
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ impl ControllerInner {
 
             let _ = project_repository
                 .project()
-                .create_snapshot(SnapshotDetails::new(OperationType::CreateCommit));
+                .snapshot_commit_creation(message.to_owned());
             result
         })
     }