diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85c95ade..354f3d4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixes
+* fix commit log not updating after branch switch ([#1862](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1862))
+
 ## [0.24.1] - 2023-08-30
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/src/components/commitlist.rs b/src/components/commitlist.rs
index 0ab57619..2e8b80c3 100644
--- a/src/components/commitlist.rs
+++ b/src/components/commitlist.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ impl CommitList {
 	///
 	pub fn clear(&mut self) {
 		self.items.clear();
+		self.commits.clear();
 	}
 
 	///
@@ -740,8 +741,6 @@ impl CommitList {
 			let slice_end =
 				want_min.saturating_add(SLICE_SIZE).min(commits);
 
-			log::info!("fetch_commits: {want_min}-{slice_end}",);
-
 			let commits = sync::get_commits_info(
 				&self.repo.borrow(),
 				&self.commits[want_min..slice_end],