diff --git a/Release-Process.md b/Release-Process.md
index 5b26087..924cdb1 100644
--- a/Release-Process.md
+++ b/Release-Process.md
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ export GITHUB_TOKEN=xxx
 # update latest_release tag in local clone
 git fetch -t origin
 # get merged PR titles
-git log --oneline latest_release...HEAD | grep "Merge pull request"\
-  | awk '{issue=substr($5, 2)} \
-  {system("curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/weaveworks/scope/issues/" issue "'"?access_token=$GITHUB_TOKEN"' | jq \".title\"")} \
-  {print "\t["$5"](https://github.com/weaveworks/scope/pull/" issue ")"}'\
-  | sed -e 's/^"/- /' | sed -e 's/"$//'
+git log --oneline latest_release...HEAD | \
+  sed  -n -e 's%^.*Merge pull request #\([[:digit:]]*\) .*$%\1%p' -e 's%^.*(#\([[:digit:]]*\))$%\1%p'  | \
+  xargs -I '{}' -- curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/weaveworks/scope/issues/{}?access_token=$GITHUB_TOKEN | \
+  jq -r '(.number | tostring) as $number | "- " + .title + "\n" + "\t[#" + $number + "](https://github.com/weaveworks/scope/pull/" + $number + ")"'
 ```
 
 Then sort the lines by feature, bug fix, performance etc. sections.