diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 59e3e22524b..d0613c301ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ v 6.8.0
   - Create branches via API (sponsored by O'Reilly Media)
   - Changed permission of gitlab-satellites directory not to be world accessible
   - Protected branch does not allow force push
+  - Fix popen bug in `rake gitlab:satellites:create`
 
 v 6.7.3
   - Fix the merge notification email not being sent (Pierre de La Morinerie)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
index 6822e5cf1ad..aa9869daf2f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
@@ -27,11 +27,8 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       if project.satellite.exists?
         puts "exists already".green
       else
-        puts ""
-        project.satellite.create
-
-        print "... "
-        if $?.success?
+        print "\n... "
+        if project.satellite.create
           puts "created".green
         else
           puts "error".red