diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
index bba08bd..39d4f77 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
     if @merge_request.opened? && @merge_request.can_be_merged?
       @merge_request.should_remove_source_branch = params[:should_remove_source_branch]
-      @merge_request.automerge!(current_user)
+      @merge_request.automerge!(current_user, params[:merge_commit_message])
       @status = true
     else
       @status = false
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