diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a97829f..b8e25e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 
+## 1.0.1 - 2021-05-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed broken header in new changelogs
+
+
 ## 1.0.0 - 2021-05-07
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 6a36e54..fbb4425 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ class TestCreation(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(location)), 'yaclog init did not create a file')
             self.assertIn(location, result.output, "yaclog init did not echo the file's correct location")
 
+            with open(location, 'r') as fp:
+                self.assertEqual('# Changelog\n', fp.readline())
+                self.assertEqual('\n', fp.readline())
+                self.assertEqual('All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file',
+                                 fp.readline().rstrip())
+
             with open(location, 'w') as fp:
                 fp.write(err_str)
 
diff --git a/yaclog/changelog.py b/yaclog/changelog.py
index 42e6986..ea1b27e 100644
--- a/yaclog/changelog.py
+++ b/yaclog/changelog.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class Changelog:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, path=None,
-                 preamble: str = "Changelog\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file"):
+                 preamble: str = "# Changelog\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file"):
         """
         Contents will be automatically read from disk if the file exists