diff --git a/CHANGELOG.yml b/CHANGELOG.yml
index 9fd2765..8464b6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@ project:
 releases:
   - version: NEXT
     changes:
-      - add `git-gather` command
       - type: feat
-        desc: " add 'next' to alias to 'upcoming'"
-        commit: 363c195477231a6b3b770e74ebfe316296ec5af2
+        desc: add `git-gather` command
+      - type: feat
+        desc: add 'next' to alias to 'upcoming'
       - type: feat
         desc: cutting a release also add a new NEXT release
-        commit: 167f631d1fe4eadba3ed5fdadbe378b8255d4ad2
       - type: feat
         desc: git-gather also filters on descs
       - type: feat
         desc: add the validate command
-        commit: 5ba75a8e3d42f633e38c3584898ef0085c48fb04
   - version: 0.1.0
     changes:
       - port the core of the Perl changelord to JavaScript.
diff --git a/changelog-next/2023-05-18T19:24:44.720Z-support_ch.yml b/changelog-next/2023-05-18T19:24:44.720Z-support_ch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d117f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog-next/2023-05-18T19:24:44.720Z-support_ch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- desc: support changelog-next directory
+  type: feat
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3725072..0a27a57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "consola": "^3.1.0",
     "filenamify": "^6.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
+    "globby": "^13.1.4",
     "markdown-utils": "^1.0.0",
     "nanoid": "^4.0.2",
     "remeda": "^1.14.0",
diff --git a/src/changelord.js b/src/changelord.js
index 83c3579..1dd55d4 100755
--- a/src/changelord.js
+++ b/src/changelord.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import latest, { latest_version } from "./command/latest-version.js";
 import validate from "./command/validate.js";
 import git_gather from "./command/git-gather.js";
 import schemaV1 from "./changelog-schema.js";
+import { globby } from "globby";
+import { flatMap } from "remeda";
 
 consola.raw = (...args) => console.log(...args);
 
@@ -34,6 +36,27 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
       fs
         .readFile(config.source, "utf-8")
         .then(yaml.parse)
+        .then(async (doc) => {
+          if (!doc.project.next_directory) return doc;
+
+          const changes = await globby([
+            doc.project.next_directory + "/*.yml",
+            doc.project.next_directory + "/*.yaml",
+          ])
+            .then((files) =>
+              Promise.all(
+                files.map((f) => fs.readFile(f, "utf-8").then(yaml.parse))
+              )
+            )
+            .then((r) => r.flat());
+
+          if (changes.length)
+            doc.releases
+              .find((r) => r.version === "NEXT")
+              .changes.push(...changes);
+
+          return doc;
+        })
         .then((doc) => {
           const ajv = new Ajv();
           const validate = ajv.compile(schemaV1);
@@ -63,6 +86,7 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
         const filename = join(
           dir,
           [
+            new Date().toISOString(),
             entry.ticket,
             entry.feat,
             slugify(entry.desc, {
@@ -77,6 +101,9 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
           argv.consola.error(`file ${filename} already exist`);
           yargs.exit(1);
         }
+        if (Object.keys(entry).length === 1) {
+          entry = entry.desc;
+        }
         return fs.writeFile(filename, yaml.stringify([entry]));
       }