diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1bfc4d..2d8736c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ This will display help for the tool. Here are all the switches it supports.
 | `-proxy`           | http proxy to use with notify                      | `notify -proxy http://127.0.0.1:8080` |
 | `-rate-limit`      | maximum number of HTTP requests to send per second | `notify -rl 1`                        |
 | `-silent`          | enable silent mode                                 | `notify -silent`                      |
-| `-verbose`         | enable verbose mode                                | `notify -version`                     |
+| `-verbose`         | enable verbose mode                                | `notify -verbose`                     |
 | `-version`         | display version                                    | `notify -version`                     |
 
 
diff --git a/pkg/providers/discord/discord.go b/pkg/providers/discord/discord.go
index 4decc10..a8e66c2 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/discord/discord.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/discord/discord.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package discord
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr"
 	"github.com/oriser/regroup"
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ func (p *Provider) Send(message, CliFormat string) error {
 		}
 
 		webhookID, webhookToken := matchedGroups["webhook_identifier"], matchedGroups["webhook_token"]
-		url := fmt.Sprintf("discord://%s@%s?splitlines=no", webhookToken, webhookID)
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("discord://%s@%s?splitlines=no&username=%s", webhookToken, webhookID, 
+								url.QueryEscape(pr.DiscordWebHookUsername))
+		
 		sendErr := shoutrrr.Send(url, msg)
 		if sendErr != nil {
 			sendErr = errors.Wrap(sendErr, fmt.Sprintf("failed to send discord notification for id: %s ", pr.ID))