diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf796983..7ba56ad9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespaces = true
 # ----------------------------------------- Project Metadata -------------------------------------
 #
 [project]
-version = "0.0.0.dev158"
+version = "0.0.0.dev159"
 name = "RepoDynamics"
 dependencies = [
     "packaging >= 23.2, < 24",
diff --git a/src/repodynamics/actions/init.py b/src/repodynamics/actions/init.py
index 2fc8b868..8ec53515 100644
--- a/src/repodynamics/actions/init.py
+++ b/src/repodynamics/actions/init.py
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ def get_commits(self) -> list[Commit]:
         # )
         commits = self.git.get_commits(f"{self.hash_before}..{self.hash_after}")
         self.logger.success("Read commits from git history", json.dumps(commits, indent=4))
-        parser = CommitParser(types=self.meta.manager.get_all_conventional_commit_types())
+        parser = CommitParser(types=self.meta.manager.get_all_conventional_commit_types(), logger=self.logger)
         parsed_commits = []
         for commit in commits:
             conv_msg = parser.parse(msg=commit["msg"])
diff --git a/src/repodynamics/commit.py b/src/repodynamics/commit.py
index 4394b8c5..bf737746 100644
--- a/src/repodynamics/commit.py
+++ b/src/repodynamics/commit.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 class CommitParser:
     def __init__(self, types: list[str], logger: Logger = None):
         self._types = types
-        self._logger = logger
+        self._logger = logger or Logger()
         pattern = rf"""
             ^(?P<typ>{"|".join(types)})    # type
             (?:\((?P<scope>[^\)\n]+)\))?  # optional scope within parentheses
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def parse(self, msg: str) -> CommitMsg | None:
             parsed_footers = {}
             footers = commit_parts["footer"].strip().splitlines()
             for footer in footers:
-                match = re.match(r"^(?P<key>\w+)(: | )(?P<value>.+)$", footer)
+                match = re.match(r"^(?P<key>[\w-]+)(: | )(?P<value>.+)$", footer)
                 if match:
                     footer_list = parsed_footers.setdefault(match.group("key"), [])
                     footer_list.append(match.group("value"))