diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.yml b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
index a06e28e..f5b5b6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
@@ -21,16 +21,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Create issue to enable branch auto-deletion
+      - name: Create issue to enable repository merge settings
         run: |
           owner_repo="${{ github.repository }}"
-          issue_title="Enable 'Automatically delete head branches' setting"
-          issue_body="Please go to [repository settings](https://github.com/${owner_repo}/settings#merge-button-settings) and enable **Automatically delete head branches**."
+          issue_title="Enable repository merge settings"
+          issue_body="Please go to [repository settings](https://github.com/${owner_repo}/settings#merge-button-settings) and configure the following:\n\n- [ ] Automatically delete head branches\n- [ ] Allow auto-merge"
 
           curl -s -X POST \
             -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
             -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-            -d "{\"title\":\"${issue_title}\",\"body\":\"${issue_body}\"}" \
+            -d "$(jq -n \
+              --arg title "$issue_title" \
+              --arg body "$issue_body" \
+              '{title: $title, body: $body}')" \
             "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner_repo}/issues"
 
       - name: Create / update default issue labels