diff --git a/commands/pull_request.go b/commands/pull_request.go
index 659939facba7d8446da78996057676837b858c1a..84199a2a05e4fa309796b6583edfa9de9847e431 100644
--- a/commands/pull_request.go
+++ b/commands/pull_request.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func pullRequest(cmd *Command, args []string) {
 		log.Fatal("Aborting due to empty pull request title")
 	}
 
-	params := github.PullRequestParams{title, body, flagPullRequestBase, flagPullRequestHead, flagPullRequestIssue}
+	params := github.PullRequestParams{title, body, repo.Base, repo.Head, flagPullRequestIssue}
 	pullRequestResponse, err := gh.CreatePullRequest(params)
 	utils.Check(err)