diff --git a/.travis/release.sh b/.travis/release.sh
index a3e6606d9a..939796c12a 100644
--- a/.travis/release.sh
+++ b/.travis/release.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RELEASE_BODY=$(tail -n +3 src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md) # skips the f
 RELEASE_BODY="${RELEASE_BODY//$'\\'/\\\\}"
 RELEASE_BODY="${RELEASE_BODY//$'\r'/}"
 RELEASE_BODY="${RELEASE_BODY//$'\n'/\\r\\n}"
-RELEASE_BODY="${RELEASE_BODY//$'"'/\\$'"'}"
+RELEASE_BODY="${RELEASE_BODY//'"'/\\\"}"
 cat > release-edit-request.json <<EOF
 {
   "name": "$RELEASE_NAME",
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 99c065a4ae..f899313165 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ This is a bug fixing release.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
+*   General
+    *   [#324](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/324): \[core] Automated release - github release notes missing
+
+
 ### API Changes
 
 ### External Contributions