diff --git a/check_commits.sh b/check_commits.sh
index 5cd4d2c..035c001 100644
--- a/check_commits.sh
+++ b/check_commits.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ do
   # Get Git commit information
   #
   BRANCH_NAME_FULL=$refname
-  BRANCH_NAME="$(echo $BRANCH_NAME_FULL | sed 's/refs\/heads\///g')"
+  BRANCH_NAME="$(echo $BRANCH_NAME_FULL | sed 's/refs\/\(heads\|pull\)\///g')"
   COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1)
   echo "[INFO] BRANCH NAME: $BRANCH_NAME"
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ do
   #
   echo "[INFO] Policy - Check that brunch name is enforced by branch name"
   # Regexp for allowed names of branches
-  branch_name_format='^master|^main|^feature\/[a-zA-Z0-9,\.\_\-]+-[0-9]+.*|^hotfix\/.*|^bugfix\/.*'
+  branch_name_format='^[0-9]+\/head|^master|^main|^feature\/[a-zA-Z0-9,\.\_\-]+-[0-9]+.*|^hotfix\/.*|^bugfix\/.*'
 
   if [[ ! $BRANCH_NAME =~ $branch_name_format ]]; then
       echo "$error_msg_branch" >&2