diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8414c29..3510ec3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ From this point you are ready for the next change.
 
 When a pull requests exists a proposal is made to update the existing pull request.
 
+### Overwrite target branch
+
+When you want to overwrite the target branch you need to supply the `--branch <name>` option:
+
+```bash
+pull-request-codecommit --branch my-target-branch
+```
+
 ## Testing locally
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/pull_request_codecommit/__init__.py b/pull_request_codecommit/__init__.py
index b8c0326..940ca96 100644
--- a/pull_request_codecommit/__init__.py
+++ b/pull_request_codecommit/__init__.py
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
 @click.command()
 @click.option("-r", "--repository-path", default=None)
+@click.option("-b", "--branch", default=None)
 @click.option("--auto-merge/--no-auto-merge", default=False)
-def main(repository_path: Optional[str], auto_merge: bool) -> None:
+def main(
+    repository_path: Optional[str], branch: Optional[str], auto_merge: bool
+) -> None:
     """
     pull-request-codecommit
     """
-    repo = __load_repository(repository_path)
+    repo = __load_repository(repository_path=repository_path, target_branch=branch)
     __display_repository_information(repo)
     pr = __create_pull_request(repo)
 
@@ -22,8 +25,10 @@ def main(repository_path: Optional[str], auto_merge: bool) -> None:
         click.echo(f"Auto merging resulted in: {status}")
 
 
-def __load_repository(repository_path: Optional[str]) -> Repository:
-    repo = Repository(repository_path)
+def __load_repository(
+    repository_path: Optional[str], target_branch: Optional[str]
+) -> Repository:
+    repo = Repository(path=repository_path, target_branch=target_branch)
 
     if not repo.remote.supported:
         raise click.ClickException("The repository is not compatible with this tool!")
diff --git a/pull_request_codecommit/aws/client.py b/pull_request_codecommit/aws/client.py
index ad6a415..7f62a7d 100644
--- a/pull_request_codecommit/aws/client.py
+++ b/pull_request_codecommit/aws/client.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self, profile: Optional[str], region: Optional[str]) -> None:
 
     @property
     def base_command(self) -> List[str]:
-        base_command = ["aws"]
+        base_command = ["aws", "--output", "json"]
 
         if self.__profile:
             base_command.extend(["--profile", self.__profile])
diff --git a/pull_request_codecommit/repository.py b/pull_request_codecommit/repository.py
index 8f310f6..02a8bd3 100644
--- a/pull_request_codecommit/repository.py
+++ b/pull_request_codecommit/repository.py
@@ -10,17 +10,22 @@ class Repository:
     Understands CodeCommit repositories
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, path: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
-        self.__remote: Optional[Remote] = None
-        self.__branch: str = ""
-
+    def __init__(
+        self, path: Optional[str] = None, target_branch: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> None:
         if not path:
             path = os.getcwd()
 
         self.__git = GitClient(path)
+        self.__remote: Optional[Remote] = None
+        self.__branch: str = ""
+        self.__target_branch: str = (
+            target_branch if target_branch else self.__config("destination_branch")
+        )
 
-    def __config(self, method: str) -> Optional[str]:
-        return getattr(Config, method)(self.remote.profile)
+    def __config(self, method: str) -> str:
+        item = getattr(Config, method)(self.remote.profile)
+        return item if item else ""
 
     @property
     def remote(self) -> Remote:
@@ -38,8 +43,7 @@ def branch(self) -> str:
 
     @property
     def destination(self) -> str:
-        destination = self.__config("destination_branch")
-        return destination if destination else ""
+        return self.__target_branch
 
     def commits(self) -> Commits:
         return self.__git.get_commit_messages(destination_branch=self.destination)
diff --git a/tests/test_command.py b/tests/test_command.py
index 18ee7b3..632f354 100644
--- a/tests/test_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_command.py
@@ -93,7 +93,14 @@ def generate_invoke_parameters(
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "remote, region, profile, config, commits, parameters",
-    generate_invoke_parameters([[], ["--auto-merge"]]),
+    generate_invoke_parameters(
+        [
+            [],
+            ["--auto-merge"],
+            ["-b", "my-target-branch"],
+            ["--branch", "my-target-branch"],
+        ]
+    ),
 )
 @patch("pull_request_codecommit.aws.client.subprocess.run")
 @patch("pull_request_codecommit.repository.GitClient")