diff --git a/tasks/changelog.mk b/tasks/changelog.mk
index 12182f2..2433480 100644
--- a/tasks/changelog.mk
+++ b/tasks/changelog.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_VERSION ?= 0.15.4
 MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_DOWNLOAD_URL ?= https://github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog/releases/download/v$(MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_VERSION)/git-chglog_$(MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_VERSION)_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_ARGS ?=
+MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_ARGS ?= --output CHANGELOG.md
 MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_PROJECT_ORG ?= 
 export MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_PROJECT_ORG
 MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_PROJECT_NAME ?= 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ endef
 export MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_TEMPLATE_SCRIPT = $(value _MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_TEMPLATE_SCRIPT)
 
 mkt-changelog: tools/git-chglog/bin/git-chglog .chglog/config.yml .chglog/CHANGELOG.tpl.md
-	tools/git-chglog/bin/git-chglog --output CHANGELOG.md $(MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_ARGS)
+	tools/git-chglog/bin/git-chglog $(MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_ARGS)
 
 .chglog/config.yml:
 	@eval "$$MKT_GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_SCRIPT"