diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/notifications.yml b/.gitea/workflows/notifications.yml
index a6b847d..a6b357a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/notifications.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/notifications.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          COMMIT_SUBJECT="$(git log -1 --pretty=%s 2>/dev/null || echo 'Commit info unavailable')"
+          COMMIT_SUBJECT="$(curl -fsS \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.API_GITEA_TOKEN }}" \
+            "${{ gitea.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository }}/git/commits/${{ gitea.sha }}" \
+            | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('RepoCommit',{}).get('message','').split('\n')[0])" \
+            2>/dev/null || echo 'Commit info unavailable')"
           RUN_URL="${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ gitea.run_number }}"
 
           cat <<EOF >/tmp/ntfy-payload.json
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/python-checks.yml b/.gitea/workflows/python-checks.yml
index 00f2748..e7c08b8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/python-checks.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/python-checks.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
         default: "coverage run -m pytest"
       coverage_fail_under:
         type: string
-        default: "60"
+        default: "80"
       run_security_scan:
         type: boolean
         default: true