diff --git a/internal/ci/ci_test.go b/internal/ci/ci_test.go
index e6cd8bb..31ecd0c 100644
--- a/internal/ci/ci_test.go
+++ b/internal/ci/ci_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestCi(t *testing.T) {
 				"GITHUB_REF":        "refs/heads/feature-branch-1",
 				"GITHUB_ACTION":     "action",
 			},
-			result:   &ci.ProviderConfig{IsPR: false, PR: "", PRBranch: "", Branch: "refs/heads/feature-branch-1", Tag: "", Commit: "190bfd6aa60022afd0ef830342cfb07e33c45f37", BuildURL: "", Service: "GithubActions", Name: "GithubActions CI"},
+			result:   &ci.ProviderConfig{IsPR: false, PR: "", PRBranch: "", Branch: "feature-branch-1", Tag: "", Commit: "190bfd6aa60022afd0ef830342cfb07e33c45f37", BuildURL: "", Service: "GithubActions", Name: "GithubActions CI"},
 			hasError: false,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ci/github_actions.go b/internal/ci/github_actions.go
index 02b06ed..38b1aa4 100644
--- a/internal/ci/github_actions.go
+++ b/internal/ci/github_actions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ci
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -26,11 +27,17 @@ func (t GithubActions) detect(envs map[string]string) (*ProviderConfig, error) {
 		log.Debugf("GITHUB_EVENT_NAME=%s, not running on pr", value)
 	}
 
+	branch := envs["GITHUB_REF"]
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(envs["GITHUB_REF"], "refs/heads/") {
+		branch = strings.Replace(branch, "refs/heads/", "", 1)
+	}
+
 	return &ProviderConfig{
 		Service: "GithubActions",
 		Name:    "GithubActions CI",
 		Commit:  envs["GITHUB_SHA"],
-		Branch:  envs["GITHUB_REF"],
+		Branch:  branch,
 		IsPR:    isPR,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
index 69e0ae3..41ed971 100644
--- a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
+++ b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ func (s *SemanticRelease) WriteChangeLog(changelogContent, file string) error {
 func (s *SemanticRelease) Release(provider *ci.ProviderConfig, force bool) error {
 
 	if provider.IsPR {
-		log.Debugf("Will not perform a new release. This is a pull request")
+		log.Infof("Will not perform a new release. This is a pull request")
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if _, ok := s.config.Branch[provider.Branch]; !ok {
-		log.Debugf("Will not perform a new release. Current %s branch is not configured in release config", provider.Branch)
+		log.Infof("Will not perform a new release. Current %s branch is not configured in release config", provider.Branch)
 		return nil
 	}