diff --git a/.hooks/commit-msg b/.hooks/commit-msg
index 81ec68e..284ee8d 100755
--- a/.hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/.hooks/commit-msg
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # tries to derive that number from the branch name
 
 branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+
+# This check doesn't need to run when commiting to develop/master
+[[ "$branch" =~ ^master|develop$ ]] && exit 0
+
 issue_num=`echo "$branch" | grep -Po '^[0-9]+(?=-)'`
 
 # Check if issue number is already present