diff --git a/cmd/generate.go b/cmd/generate.go
index ac2c729..e8a67d9 100644
--- a/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/generate.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/handofgod94/gh-jira-changelog/pkg/jira_changelog"
 	"github.com/handofgod94/gh-jira-changelog/pkg/jira_changelog/git"
 	"github.com/handofgod94/gh-jira-changelog/pkg/jira_changelog/jira"
+	"github.com/handofgod94/gh-jira-changelog/pkg/jira_changelog/messages"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
@@ -62,18 +63,25 @@ gh jira-changelog generate --config="<path-to-config-file>.yaml" --from="v0.1.0"
 
 		return nil
 	},
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), DefaultTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 
 		repoURL := repoURL(ctx)
+		var populator messages.Populator
+		if usePR {
+			populator, err = messages.NewPullRequestPopulator(fromRef, toRef, repoURL)
+		} else {
+			populator, err = messages.NewCommitPopulator(fromRef, toRef)
+		}
+
 		changelog := jira_changelog.NewGenerator(
 			jira.NewClient(jira.NewClientOptions(jira.Options{
 				jira.BaseURL:  viper.GetString("base_url"),
 				jira.ApiToken: viper.GetString("api_token"),
 				jira.User:     viper.GetString("email_id"),
 			})),
-			usePR,
+			populator,
 			fromRef,
 			toRef,
 			repoURL,
diff --git a/pkg/jira_changelog/generator.go b/pkg/jira_changelog/generator.go
index 8e4e4a2..6851089 100644
--- a/pkg/jira_changelog/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/jira_changelog/generator.go
@@ -10,30 +10,27 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Generator struct {
-	fromRef string
-	toRef   string
-	repoURL string
-	client  jira.Client
-	usePR   bool
+	fromRef   string
+	toRef     string
+	repoURL   string
+	client    jira.Client
+	populator messages.Populator
 }
 
-func NewGenerator(client jira.Client, usePR bool, fromRef, toRef, repoURL string) *Generator {
+func NewGenerator(client jira.Client, populator messages.Populator, fromRef, toRef, repoURL string) *Generator {
 	g := &Generator{
-		fromRef: fromRef,
-		toRef:   toRef,
-		repoURL: repoURL,
-		client:  client,
-		usePR:   usePR,
+		fromRef:   fromRef,
+		toRef:     toRef,
+		repoURL:   repoURL,
+		client:    client,
+		populator: populator,
 	}
 
 	return g
 }
 
 func (c *Generator) Generate(ctx context.Context) *Changelog {
-	populator, err := messages.NewCommitOrPRPopualtor(c.usePR, c.fromRef, c.toRef, c.repoURL)
-	panicIfErr(err)
-
-	commits, err := populator.Populate(ctx)
+	commits, err := c.populator.Populate(ctx)
 	panicIfErr(err)
 
 	issues, err := c.fetchJiraIssues(commits)
diff --git a/pkg/jira_changelog/generator_test.go b/pkg/jira_changelog/generator_test.go
index f8b5375..0bd73e3 100644
--- a/pkg/jira_changelog/generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/jira_changelog/generator_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestFetchJiraIssuesEvent(t *testing.T) {
+func TestFetchJiraIssues(t *testing.T) {
 	commits := []messages.Commit{
 		{Time: time.Now(), Summary: "[TEST-1234] commit message1", Sha: "3245vw"},
 		{Time: time.Now(), Summary: "[TEST-4546] commit message sample1", Sha: "3245vw"},
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestFetchJiraIssuesEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	mockedClient.On("FetchIssue", "TEST-4546").Return(want[1], nil).Twice()
 	mockedClient.On("FetchIssue", "TEST-12345").Return(want[2], nil)
 
-	generator := NewGenerator(jira.NewClient(jira.NewClientOptions(nil)), false, "fromRef", "toRef", "http://example-repo.com")
+	generator := NewGenerator(jira.NewClient(jira.NewClientOptions(nil)), &messages.NoopPopulator{}, "fromRef", "toRef", "http://example-repo.com")
 	generator.client = mockedClient
 
 	changeMessages := lo.Map(commits, func(commit messages.Commit, i int) messages.Messager { return commit })
diff --git a/pkg/jira_changelog/messages/populator.go b/pkg/jira_changelog/messages/populator.go
index e22f29b..206e5e8 100644
--- a/pkg/jira_changelog/messages/populator.go
+++ b/pkg/jira_changelog/messages/populator.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package messages
 
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
-)
+import "context"
 
 type Messager interface {
 	Message() string
@@ -14,12 +10,8 @@ type Populator interface {
 	Populate(ctx context.Context) ([]Messager, error)
 }
 
-func NewCommitOrPRPopualtor(usePR bool, fromRef, toRef, repoURL string) (Populator, error) {
-	if usePR {
-		slog.Debug("using github PR titles to generate changelog")
-		return NewPullRequestPopulator(fromRef, toRef, repoURL)
-	} else {
-		slog.Debug("using commit messages to generate changelog")
-		return NewCommitPopulator(fromRef, toRef)
-	}
+type NoopPopulator struct{}
+
+func (e *NoopPopulator) Populate(ctx context.Context) ([]Messager, error) {
+	return []Messager{}, nil
 }