diff --git a/changelog.sh b/changelog.sh
index 963236b22..702c34189 100755
--- a/changelog.sh
+++ b/changelog.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 
 base="./changelog.d"
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
-new_item="${base}/$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')_$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)_scriv.md"
+new_item="${base}/$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')_${branch/\//\-}_scriv.md"
 cp "${base}/new_fragment.md.j2" ${new_item}
 $EDITOR $new_item