diff --git a/zx/change_branch.mjs b/zx/change_branch.mjs
deleted file mode 100755
index e48eb6b..0000000
--- a/zx/change_branch.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env zx
-
-$.verbose = false;
diff --git a/zx/create_pr.mjs b/zx/create_pr.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7adfc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zx/create_pr.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zx
+
+$.verbose = false;
+
+const git = await import("./lib/git.js")
+
+const issueNumber = process.argv[3];
+const issue = await $`gh issue view ${issueNumber} --repo cosmos/ibc-go --json title`;
+const issueTitle = JSON.parse(issue).title;
+const sanitizedTitle = git.sanitizeIssueTitle(issueTitle);
+
+await $`gh pr create --web --title ${issueTitle} --base main`
diff --git a/zx/lib/git.js b/zx/lib/git.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1418c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zx/lib/git.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+module.exports = {
+    sanitizeIssueTitle(issueTitle) {
+        let sanitizedTitle = issueTitle.trim().toLowerCase()
+        sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(".", "")
+        sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(",", "")
+        sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("`", "")
+        sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(":", "")
+        sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("-", "")
+
+        // replace the spaces with dashes after the dashes are removed.
+        return sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(" ", "-")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs b/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
index 6ce865f..7650dcf 100755
--- a/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
+++ b/zx/new_issue_branch.mjs
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 $.verbose = false;
 
+const git = await import("./lib/git.js")
+
 const issueNumber = process.argv[3];
+let extraString = process.argv[4];
 const issue = await $`gh issue view ${issueNumber} --repo cosmos/ibc-go --json title`;
 const issueTitle = JSON.parse(issue).title;
+const sanitizedTitle = git.sanitizeIssueTitle(issueTitle);
 
-let sanitizedTitle = issueTitle.trim().toLowerCase()
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(".", "")
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(",", "")
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("`", "")
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(":", "")
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll("-", "")
-
-// replace the spaces with dashes after the dashes are removed.
-sanitizedTitle = sanitizedTitle.replaceAll(" ", "-")
+if (extraString !== undefined) {
+    extraString = "-" + extraString;
+} else {
+    extraString = ""
+}
 
-await $`git checkout -b "cian/issue#${issueNumber}-${sanitizedTitle}"`;
+await $`git checkout -b "cian/issue#${issueNumber}-${sanitizedTitle}${extraString}"`;