diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionstest.yml b/.github/workflows/actionstest.yml
index a1b619a..0ae69e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionstest.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [master]
 
+env:
+  branch: ${{GITHUB_REF_NAME}}
+
 jobs:
   notification:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           nickname: GitHub
           message: >
             ${{ github.actor }} started a build of unicodetest
-            [${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}]
+            [${{ env.branch }}]
+            "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
 
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}