diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb0eab8..7d43002 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 [![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/thevickypedia/gitverse)](https://api.github.com/repos/thevickypedia/gitverse)
 
 # GitVerse
+Get release notes or commit history from `GitHub` and format it into `reStructuredText`/`Markdown` files.
 
 ### Installation
 ```shell
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ Generate release notes from releases tagged in GitHub
 ```shell
 gitverse-release
 ```
+> :bulb: Tries to get release notes, via GitHub API call.
+> If failed, uses the commit message as notes for the associated release.
+> This feature optionally takes `GIT_TOKEN` as an environment variable if it is generated for a personal repo.
 
 Generate commit history from git log
 #### Commit History
diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index a700864..b0fa957 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Commit History
 ==============
 
+0.3.8 (08/10/2023)
+------------------
+- Get it to a better state
+
 0.3.7 (08/10/2023)
 ------------------
 - Generate release notes based on version tags
diff --git a/docs/README.html b/docs/README.html
index f50d39f..6fde154 100644
--- a/docs/README.html
+++ b/docs/README.html
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ <h3>Navigation</h3>
 <a class="reference external" href="https://api.github.com/repos/thevickypedia/gitverse"><img alt="GitHub last commit" src="https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/thevickypedia/gitverse" /></a></p>
 <section id="gitverse">
 <h1>GitVerse<a class="headerlink" href="#gitverse" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
+<p>Get release notes or commit history from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GitHub</span></code> and format it into <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reStructuredText</span></code>/<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Markdown</span></code> files.</p>
 <section id="installation">
 <h2>Installation<a class="headerlink" href="#installation" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
 <div class="highlight-shell notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>pip<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>gitverse
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ <h3>Release Notes (Tags)<a class="headerlink" href="#release-notes-tags" title="
 <div class="highlight-shell notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>gitverse-release
 </pre></div>
 </div>
+<blockquote>
+<div><p>:bulb: Tries to get release notes, via GitHub API call.
+If failed, uses the commit message as notes for the associated release.
+This feature optionally takes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GIT_TOKEN</span></code> as an environment variable if it is generated for a personal repo.</p>
+</div></blockquote>
 <p>Generate commit history from git log</p>
 </section>
 <section id="commit-history">
diff --git a/docs/_sources/README.md.txt b/docs/_sources/README.md.txt
index eb0eab8..7d43002 100644
--- a/docs/_sources/README.md.txt
+++ b/docs/_sources/README.md.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 [![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/thevickypedia/gitverse)](https://api.github.com/repos/thevickypedia/gitverse)
 
 # GitVerse
+Get release notes or commit history from `GitHub` and format it into `reStructuredText`/`Markdown` files.
 
 ### Installation
 ```shell
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ Generate release notes from releases tagged in GitHub
 ```shell
 gitverse-release
 ```
+> :bulb: Tries to get release notes, via GitHub API call.
+> If failed, uses the commit message as notes for the associated release.
+> This feature optionally takes `GIT_TOKEN` as an environment variable if it is generated for a personal repo.
 
 Generate commit history from git log
 #### Commit History
diff --git a/docs/genindex.html b/docs/genindex.html
index d353073..8080d0c 100644
--- a/docs/genindex.html
+++ b/docs/genindex.html
@@ -97,12 +97,14 @@ <h2 id="G">G</h2>
 </li>
       <li><a href="index.html#commits.generator">generator() (in module commits)</a>
 </li>
-      <li><a href="index.html#commits.get_branches">get_branches() (in module commits)</a>
+      <li><a href="index.html#releases.get_api_releases">get_api_releases() (in module releases)</a>
 </li>
-      <li><a href="index.html#commits.get_commits">get_commits() (in module commits)</a>
+      <li><a href="index.html#commits.get_branches">get_branches() (in module commits)</a>
 </li>
   </ul></td>
   <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="index.html#commits.get_commits">get_commits() (in module commits)</a>
+</li>
       <li><a href="index.html#releases.get_dates">get_dates() (in module releases)</a>
 </li>
       <li><a href="index.html#commits.get_gitlog">get_gitlog() (in module commits)</a>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 628301e..925ce03 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ <h1>Welcome to GitVerse’s documentation!<a class="headerlink" href="#welcome-t
 </dl>
 </dd></dl>
 
+<dl class="py function">
+<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="releases.get_api_releases">
+<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">releases.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_api_releases</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><span class="pre">Dict</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">List</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#releases.get_api_releases" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Get release notes via git api.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p>Returns release notes in the form of release version and description as key-value pairs gathered via GitHub API.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p>Dict[str, List[str]]</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
 <dl class="py function">
 <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="releases.get_dates">
 <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">releases.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_dates</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><span class="pre">Dict</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">int</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#releases.get_dates" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
@@ -118,7 +132,7 @@ <h1>Welcome to GitVerse’s documentation!<a class="headerlink" href="#welcome-t
 
 <dl class="py function">
 <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="releases.run_git_cmd">
-<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">releases.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">run_git_cmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><span class="pre">List</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#releases.run_git_cmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">releases.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">run_git_cmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">raw</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">bool</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><span class="pre">Union</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">List</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">str</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#releases.run_git_cmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 <dd><p>Run the git command.</p>
 <dl class="field-list simple">
 <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
diff --git a/docs/objects.inv b/docs/objects.inv
index 27fd2c9..3b12820 100644
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index 4b118c7..3c4029c 100644
--- a/docs/searchindex.js
+++ b/docs/searchindex.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/gitverse/__init__.py b/gitverse/__init__.py
index 53cefb5..167979a 100644
--- a/gitverse/__init__.py
+++ b/gitverse/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.0b"
+version = "2.0a"
diff --git a/gitverse/releases.py b/gitverse/releases.py
index e15e340..0719aea 100644
--- a/gitverse/releases.py
+++ b/gitverse/releases.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import os
-import re
 import subprocess
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Dict, List, NoReturn, Union
 
 import click
+import requests
 
 from gitverse import debugger
 from gitverse import version as pkg_version
@@ -13,7 +13,32 @@
 options = {'debug': False, 'reverse': False, 'start': 0.0}
 
 
-def run_git_cmd(cmd: str) -> List[str]:
+def get_api_releases() -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
+    """Get release notes via git api.
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict[str, List[str]]:
+        Returns release notes in the form of release version and description as key-value pairs gathered via GitHub API.
+    """
+    gh_token = os.getenv('GIT_TOKEN') or os.getenv('git_token')
+    if git_config := run_git_cmd(cmd=r"git config --get remote.origin.url | sed 's/.*\/\([^ ]*\/[^.]*\).*/\1/'",
+                                 raw=True):
+        owner, repo_name = git_config.split('/')
+        headers = {}
+        if gh_token:
+            headers['Authorization'] = f'Bearer {gh_token}'
+        response = requests.get(f'https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo_name}/releases', headers=headers)
+        if response.ok:
+            try:
+                return {resp['name']: resp['body'].splitlines() for resp in response.json()}
+            except requests.JSONDecodeError as error:
+                if options['debug']:
+                    debugger.error(error)
+        elif options['debug']:
+            debugger.error(f"{response.status_code} - {response.text}")
+
+
+def run_git_cmd(cmd: str, raw: bool = False) -> Union[str, List[str]]:
     """Run the git command.
 
     Args:
@@ -24,7 +49,10 @@ def run_git_cmd(cmd: str) -> List[str]:
         Returns the output of the git command split by lines.
     """
     try:
-        return subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True).decode(encoding='UTF-8').strip().splitlines()
+        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True).decode(encoding='UTF-8').strip()
+        if raw:
+            return output
+        return output.splitlines()
     except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.SubprocessError, Exception) as error:
         if options['debug']:
             if isinstance(error, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
@@ -42,13 +70,9 @@ def get_dates() -> Dict[str, int]:
         Returns the release version and the timestamp as key-value pairs.
     """
     if dates_values := run_git_cmd(
-            cmd='git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname:short) dt=%(creatordate:format:%s)" "refs/tags/*"'
+            cmd='git tag --format "%(refname:short) %(creatordate:format:%s)"'
     ):
-        version_timestamps = {}
-        for line in dates_values:
-            ref, dt = re.search(r"ref='([^']+)'\s+dt='([^']+)'", line).groups()
-            version_timestamps[ref] = int(dt)
-        return version_timestamps
+        return {line.split()[0]: int(line.split()[1]) for line in dates_values}
 
 
 def get_releases() -> Union[List[Dict[str, Union[str, List[str], int, str]]], None]:
@@ -72,14 +96,19 @@ def get_releases() -> Union[List[Dict[str, Union[str, List[str], int, str]]], No
         if tag.split()[0] in dates.keys():
             current_version = tag.split()[0]
             version_updates[current_version] = {
-                    "version": current_version,
-                    "description": [' '.join(tag.split()[1:])],
-                    "timestamp": dates[current_version],
-                    "date": datetime.fromtimestamp(dates[current_version]).strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
-                }
-        else:
+                "version": current_version,
+                "description": [' '.join(tag.split()[1:])],
+                "timestamp": dates[current_version],
+                "date": datetime.fromtimestamp(dates[current_version]).strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+            }
+        elif current_version:
             version_updates[current_version]['description'].append(tag.strip())  # adds next line to previous desc
     version_updates = list(version_updates.values())
+    # Update release notes for each version, if available via GitHub API
+    if release_api := get_api_releases():
+        for version_update in version_updates:
+            if api_description := release_api.get(version_update['version']):
+                version_update['description'] = api_description
     if options['reverse']:
         debugger.warning('Converting snippets to reverse order') if options['debug'] else None
         version_updates = sorted(version_updates, key=lambda x: x['timestamp'], reverse=True)
@@ -121,6 +150,7 @@ def run(filename: str, title: str) -> NoReturn:
         filename: Name of the file that where the release notes has to be stored.
         title: Title under which the release notes has to be stored.
     """
+    run_git_cmd(cmd="git pull")
     snippets = generate_snippets()
     if not snippets:
         return
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37301a3..2af399c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 keywords = ["changelog", "automate", "commits", "releases"]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-dependencies = ["click"]
+dependencies = ["click", "requests"]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["gitverse"]