diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 647bf7c4be..95e373bbb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           # this expects you to have a script called release which does a build for your packages and calls changeset publish
           publish: yarn publish
           version: yarn version-packages
+          commit: 'chore: new release'
+          title: 'chore: new release candidate'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8cf33c4ad3..cc8d16bdc6 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@
     "packages/theme/brand/digdir/typography/primary.css",
     "packages/theme/brand/digdir/semantic.css"
   ],
-  "html-css-class-completion.includeGlobPattern": "packages/css/**/*.{css,html}"
+  "html-css-class-completion.includeGlobPattern": "packages/css/**/*.{css,html}",
+  "[github-actions-workflow]": {
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
+  }
 }