diff --git a/src/dcc-cli.ts b/src/dcc-cli.ts
index 8cde2c2..b3ef89b 100644
--- a/src/dcc-cli.ts
+++ b/src/dcc-cli.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ async function push(args: { title?: string; submit?: boolean }) {
   if (currentPr) {
     await githubOps.updatePrTitle(currentPr.number, args.title)
   } else {
-    await githubOps.createPr(args.title)
+    const prNumber = await githubOps.createPr(args.title)
+    await gitOps.renameBranch(String(prNumber))
+    print(`Local branch renamed to ${prNumber}`)
   }
 
   if (!args.submit) {
diff --git a/src/dcc-config.ts b/src/dcc-config.ts
index 774a555..2fd404c 100644
--- a/src/dcc-config.ts
+++ b/src/dcc-config.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export const DccConfig = z.object({
   openOn: z.enum(['github', 'graphite']).optional(),
 })
 
-export type DccConfig = z.infer<typeof DccConfig> // eslint-disable-line no-redeclare
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-redeclare
+export type DccConfig = z.infer<typeof DccConfig>
diff --git a/src/git-ops.ts b/src/git-ops.ts
index 6ac5578..3ea3cc7 100644
--- a/src/git-ops.ts
+++ b/src/git-ops.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ export class GitOps {
     return bs.branches[bs.current]
   }
 
+  async getRemoteBranchName(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    try {
+      const out = await this.git.raw(['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', '@{upstream}'])
+      // origin/my-branch -> my-branch
+      return out.trim().replace(/^[^/]+\//, '')
+    } catch {
+      return undefined
+    }
+  }
+
   async noUncommittedChanges(): Promise<void> {
     const d = await this.git.diffSummary()
     if (d.files.length) {
@@ -219,6 +229,14 @@ export class GitOps {
     await this.git.raw(['commit', '-m', message])
   }
 
+  async renameBranch(newName: string): Promise<void> {
+    const remoteBranch = await this.getRemoteBranchName()
+    await this.git.branch(['-m', newName])
+    if (remoteBranch) {
+      await this.git.branch(['--set-upstream-to', `origin/${remoteBranch}`])
+    }
+  }
+
   async deleteBranch(branchName: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.git.branch(['-D', branchName])
   }
diff --git a/src/github-ops.ts b/src/github-ops.ts
index 06ff3bf..9df74da 100644
--- a/src/github-ops.ts
+++ b/src/github-ops.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class GithubOps {
     const b = await this.gitOps.getRepo()
     await this.kit.pulls.update({ owner: b.owner, repo: b.name, pull_number: prNumber, title: newTitle })
   }
-  async createPr(title: string): Promise<void> {
+  async createPr(title: string): Promise<number> {
     const b = await this.gitOps.getBranch()
     const r = await this.gitOps.getRepo()
 
@@ -104,5 +104,7 @@ export class GithubOps {
       issue_number: issueNumber,
       labels: this.prLabels,
     })
+
+    return issueNumber
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/gql.ts b/src/gql.ts
index a0906fb..0dd3110 100644
--- a/src/gql.ts
+++ b/src/gql.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export class GraphqlOps {
   }
 
   async getCurrentPr(): Promise<CurrentPrInfo | undefined> {
+    const remoteBranch = await this.gitOps.getRemoteBranchName()
+    if (remoteBranch) {
+      return this.getPrOfBranch(remoteBranch)
+    }
     const b = await this.gitOps.getBranch()
     return this.getPrOfBranch(b.name)
   }