diff --git a/installer/deploy.py b/installer/deploy.py
index 2a17c1500657066f35cf97c3f3fe3935abd219e0..d92fe044a3c8c395f613adbc6d8cf51bb4c8e157 100644
--- a/installer/deploy.py
+++ b/installer/deploy.py
@@ -217,15 +217,19 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             # Submit blog post (if it doesn't already exist) (in draft mode)
             auth = HTTPBasicAuth(os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER'), os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_PASS'))
             r = post("https://www.openshot.org/api/release/submit/", auth=auth, data={ "version": github_release.tag_name,
-                                                                 "changelog": combined_log_markdown })
+                                                                 "changelog": log_title + combined_log_markdown })
             if not r.ok:
-                raise Exception("HTTP post to openshot.org/api/release/submit/ failed: %s (user: %s)" % (r.status_code, os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER')))
+                raise Exception("HTTP post to openshot.org/api/release/submit/ failed: %s (user: %s): %s" %
+                                (r.status_code, os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER'),
+                                 r.json().get('message', 'no error message found')))
         else:
             # Publish the release (make new version visible on openshot.org, and make blog post visible)
             auth = HTTPBasicAuth(os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER'), os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_PASS'))
             r = post("https://www.openshot.org/api/release/publish/", auth=auth, data={"version": github_release.tag_name })
             if not r.ok:
-                raise Exception("HTTP post to openshot.org/api/release/publish/ failed: %s (user: %s)" % (r.status_code, os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER')))
+                raise Exception("HTTP post to openshot.org/api/release/publish/ failed: %s (user: %s): %s" %
+                                (r.status_code, os.getenv('OPENSHOT_ORG_USER'),
+                                 r.json().get('message', 'no error message found')))
 
             for repo_name in repo_names:
                 # If NO release is found, create a new one