diff --git a/lib/pronto/formatter/github_pull_request_formatter.rb b/lib/pronto/formatter/github_pull_request_formatter.rb
index 270673f1..0c44bd80 100644
--- a/lib/pronto/formatter/github_pull_request_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/pronto/formatter/github_pull_request_formatter.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ def format(messages, repo)
             line
           end
 
-          position = line.position - 1
-
-          comment = Github::Comment.new(github_slug, sha, body, path, position)
+          comment = Github::Comment.new(github_slug, sha, body, path, line.position)
           create_comment(github_slug, sha, comment)
         end