diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f256e93..3c3cf94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Let's configure GitHub backend for our repository:
 And Jira backend for our issues:
 
 ```bash
-➜ issuectl config backend add --jira-host https://my-org.atlassian.net/jira/ --jira-token "${JIRA_API_TOKEN}" --jira-username "${JIRA_USERNAME}" my-org-jira jira
+➜ issuectl config backend add --jira-host https://my-org.atlassian.net/ --jira-token "${JIRA_API_TOKEN}" --jira-username "${JIRA_USERNAME}" my-org-jira jira
 ```
 
 ### Git Users
diff --git a/cmd/issuectl/config.go b/cmd/issuectl/config.go
index d8174da..85103b0 100644
--- a/cmd/issuectl/config.go
+++ b/cmd/issuectl/config.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func initRepoAddCommand(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 		FParseErrWhitelist: cobra.FParseErrWhitelist{UnknownFlags: true},
 		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) < 3 || len(args) > 3 {
-				return errors.New("you must provide exactly 3 arguments - owner, name and url of repository")
+				return errors.New("you must avide exactly 3 arguments - owner, name and url of repository")
 			}
 			return nil
 		},
diff --git a/cmd/issuectl/start.go b/cmd/issuectl/start.go
index 4fc6430..88395aa 100644
--- a/cmd/issuectl/start.go
+++ b/cmd/issuectl/start.go
@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ func MergeConfigWithOverwrites(conf issuectl.IssuectlConfig, overwrites *CLIOver
 		overwriteProfile.IssueBackend = issuectl.BackendConfigName(overwrites.IssueBackend)
 	}
 	if overwrites.Repos != nil {
-		repos := []issuectl.RepoConfigName{}
-
 		for _, repoName := range overwrites.Repos {
-			repos = append(repos, issuectl.RepoConfigName(repoName))
+			overwriteProfile.Repositories = append(overwriteProfile.Repositories, issuectl.RepoConfigName(repoName))
 		}
-
-		overwriteProfile.Repositories = repos
 	}
 
 	if err := conf.UpdateProfile(overwriteProfile); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/backend_jira.go b/pkg/backend_jira.go
index e50c299..fc51150 100644
--- a/pkg/backend_jira.go
+++ b/pkg/backend_jira.go
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ func NewJiraClient(email, apiToken, baseURL string) *Jira {
 }
 
 func (j *Jira) GetIssue(owner string, repo RepoConfigName, issueID IssueID) (interface{}, error) {
-	issue, _, err := j.client.Issue.Get(string(issueID), nil)
+	issues, _, err := j.client.Issue.Search("", &jira.SearchOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	Log.Infof("Issues: %v", issues)
 
+	issue, _, err := j.client.Issue.Get(string(issueID), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return issue, nil
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ func (j *Jira) LinkIssueToRepo(owner string, repo RepoConfigName, issueID IssueI
 	pullRequestURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s/%s/pull/%s", owner, repo, pullRequestID)
 
 	comment := jira.Comment{
-		Body: fmt.Sprintf("A new pull request has been linked: %s", pullRequestURL),
+		Body: fmt.Sprintf("Working on changes here: %s", pullRequestURL),
 	}
 	_, _, err := j.client.Issue.AddComment(string(issueID), &comment)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/issue.go b/pkg/issue.go
index 19130db..cd2b021 100644
--- a/pkg/issue.go
+++ b/pkg/issue.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func OpenPullRequest(issueID IssueID) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	issueBackend, err := getIssueBackendConfigurator(config.GetBackend(profile.RepoBackend))
+	issueBackend, err := getIssueBackendConfigurator(config.GetBackend(profile.IssueBackend))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util.go b/pkg/util.go
index b926b5e..3fa684f 100644
--- a/pkg/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util.go
@@ -33,17 +33,46 @@ func createBranch(dir, branchName string, gitUser *GitUser) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	Log.V(3).Infof("git checkout -b %v", branchName)
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "checkout", "-b", branchName)
-	cmd.Dir = dir
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	exists, err := branchExists(dir, branchName)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	Log.V(3).Infof("git push --set-upstream origin %v", branchName)
-	cmd = exec.Command("git", "push", "--set-upstream", "origin", branchName)
+	if exists {
+		Log.V(3).Infof("git checkout %v", branchName)
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", "checkout", branchName)
+		cmd.Dir = dir
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		Log.V(3).Infof("git checkout -b %v", branchName)
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", "checkout", "-b", branchName)
+		cmd.Dir = dir
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		Log.V(3).Infof("git push --set-upstream origin %v", branchName)
+		cmd = exec.Command("git", "push", "--set-upstream", "origin", branchName)
+		cmd.Dir = dir
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// branchExists checks if a branch exists in the repository located at dir.
+func branchExists(dir, branchName string) (bool, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "branch", "--list", branchName)
 	cmd.Dir = dir
-	return cmd.Run()
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return len(output) > 0, nil
 }
 
 // setRepoIdentity sets local git config username, email and ssh command.