diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index f112e96..a906231 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## next
+
+* version number in footer now links to changelog instead of commit log
+
 ## v1.5.3
 
 Released 2019-07-11
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index c306f73..d614f99 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ default_config = {
         "HTTPS": True,
         "SENTRY_CONFIG": {},
         "REPO_URL": "https://github.com/codl/forget",
-        "COMMIT_URL": "https://github.com/codl/forget/commits/{hash}",
+        "CHANGELOG_URL": "https://github.com/codl/forget/blob/{hash}/CHANGELOG.markdown",
         "REDIS_URI": "redis://",
 }
 
diff --git a/libforget/version.py b/libforget/version.py
index 95f89ac..6e786fe 100644
--- a/libforget/version.py
+++ b/libforget/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from app import app
 
 def url_for_version(ver):
-    return app.config['COMMIT_URL'].format(hash=ver['full-revisionid'])
+    return app.config['CHANGELOG_URL'].format(hash=ver['full-revisionid'])