diff --git a/tools/post-receive b/tools/post-receive
index 5ed8c8893e..063ce5c5c5 100755
--- a/tools/post-receive
+++ b/tools/post-receive
@@ -19,9 +19,23 @@ import subprocess
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.readlink(__file__))))
 import api.common
 client = api.common.HumbugAPI(email="humbug+commits@humbughq.com",
-                              api_key=options.api_key,
-                              verbose=False,
-                              site=options.site)
+                              api_key="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
+                              verbose=False)
+
+def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+    if 'stdout' in kwargs:
+        raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')
+    process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
+    output, unused_err = process.communicate()
+    retcode = process.poll()
+    if retcode:
+        cmd = kwargs.get("args")
+        if cmd is None:
+            cmd = popenargs[0]
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
+    return output
+
+subprocess.check_output = check_output
 
 args = sys.stdin.read()
 oldrev, newrev, refname = args.split()
@@ -30,12 +44,12 @@ if refname in ["refs/heads/master", "refs/heads/test-post-receive"]:
     subprocess.check_call(["ssh", "app.humbughq.com", "--", "env", "-u", "GIT_DIR",
                            "/home/humbug/humbug/tools/update-deployment",
                            oldrev, newrev, refname])
-    commits = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", "--pretty=%s", "%s..%s" % (oldrev, newrev)])
+    commits = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", "--pretty=- %s", "%s..%s" % (oldrev, newrev)])
     message_data = {
         "type": "class",
         "class": "devel",
         "instance": "commits",
-        "content": "Commit %s pushed to %s!  Commits include:\n" % (newrev, refname) + commits,
+        "content": "The following commits were just pushed to %s:\n\n" % (refname.replace("refs/heads/", ""),) + commits,
         "recipient": "tabbott@humbughq.com",
     }
     client.send_message(message_data)