diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
index 321837e49..4931c43f8 100644
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   },
   "git": {
     "commitMessage": "chore: release v${version}",
-    "requireCleanWorkingDir": true
+    "requireCleanWorkingDir": true,
+    "changelog": "node bin/buildChangelog.mjs"
   },
   "github": {
     "release": true
@@ -17,30 +18,5 @@
   "npm": {
     "publish": false,
     "ignoreVersion": true
-  },
-  "plugins": {
-    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
-      "preset": {
-        "name": "conventionalcommits",
-        "types": [
-          {
-            "type": "feat",
-            "section": "Features"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "impr",
-            "section": "Improvements"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "fix",
-            "section": "Fixes"
-          },
-          {}
-        ]
-      },
-      "writerOpts": {
-        "headerPartial": "Thank you to all the contributors!"
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/bin/buildChangelog.mjs b/bin/buildChangelog.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..542590fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/buildChangelog.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import conventionalChangelog from "conventional-changelog";
+import { exec } from "child_process";
+
+const stream = conventionalChangelog(
+  {
+    preset: {
+      name: "conventionalcommits",
+      types: [
+        { type: "feat", section: "Features" },
+        { type: "impr", section: "Improvements" },
+        { type: "fix", section: "Fixes" },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  undefined,
+  undefined,
+  undefined,
+  {
+    headerPartial: "",
+  }
+);
+
+const header =
+  "Thank you to all the contributors who made this release possible!\n\n---";
+const footer = `\n### Other\n\nVarious style, documentation, refactoring, performance, or build improvements.`;
+
+let log = "";
+for await (const chunk of stream) {
+  log += chunk;
+}
+
+log = log.replace(/^\*/gm, "-");
+
+console.log(header + log + footer);
+
+//i might come back to the approach below at some point
+
+async function getLog() {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    exec(
+      `git log --oneline $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 @^)..@ --pretty="format:%H %h %s"`,
+      (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err);
+        }
+
+        resolve(stdout);
+      }
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+function itemIsAddingQuotes(item) {
+  return (
+    (item.scope?.includes("quote") ||
+      item.scope?.includes("quotes") ||
+      item.message?.includes("quote")) &&
+    (item.message.includes("add") ||
+      item.message.includes("added") ||
+      item.message.includes("adding") ||
+      item.message.includes("adds"))
+  );
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  let logString = await getLog();
+  logString = logString.split("\n");
+
+  let log = [];
+  for (let line of logString) {
+    //split line based on the format: d2739e4f193137db4d86450f0d50b3489d75c106 d2739e4f1 style: adjusted testConfig and modesNotice.
+    //use regex to split
+    const [_, hash, shortHash, fullMessage] = line.split(
+      /(\w{40}) (\w{9}) (.*)/
+    );
+
+    //split message using regex based on fix(language): spelling mistakes in Nepali wordlist and quotes (sapradhan) (#4528)
+    //scope is optional, username is optional, pr number is optional
+    const [__, type, scope, message, username, pr] = fullMessage.split(
+      /^([^\s()]+)(?:\(([^\s()]+)\))?:\s(.*?)(?:\(([^\s()]+)\))?(?:\s\((#\d+)\))?$/
+    );
+
+    if (type && message) {
+      log.push({
+        hash,
+        shortHash,
+        type,
+        scope,
+        message,
+        username,
+        pr,
+      });
+    } else {
+      console.warn("skipping line due to invalid format: " + line);
+    }
+  }
+
+  log = log.filter((item) => ["feat", "fix", "impr"].includes(item.type));
+
+  log = log.filter((item) => !itemIsAddingQuotes(item));
+
+  let quoteAddCommits = log.filter((item) => itemIsAddingQuotes(item));
+
+  console.log(quoteAddCommits);
+
+  // console.log(log);
+}
+
+// main();
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 064aab625..3d4cb740d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.59.11",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.59.11",
         "concurrently": "7.2.1",
+        "conventional-changelog": "4.0.0",
         "eslint": "8.42.0",
         "eslint-plugin-json": "2.1.2",
         "eslint-plugin-require-path-exists": "1.1.9",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c924514b0..c8fad70d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.59.11",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.59.11",
     "concurrently": "7.2.1",
+    "conventional-changelog": "4.0.0",
     "eslint": "8.42.0",
     "eslint-plugin-json": "2.1.2",
     "eslint-plugin-require-path-exists": "1.1.9",