diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
index fdfd667bd..f613ba2d5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
@@ -29,34 +29,28 @@ type FetchRemoteAttestationsParams struct {
 
 // GetLocalAttestations returns a slice of attestations read from a local bundle file.
 func GetLocalAttestations(path string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
+	var attestations []*api.Attestation
+	var err error
 	fileExt := filepath.Ext(path)
-	switch fileExt {
-	case ".json":
-		attestations, err := loadBundleFromJSONFile(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			var pathErr *os.PathError
-			if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle could not be loaded from JSON file at %s", path)
-			} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed")
-		}
-		return attestations, nil
-	case ".jsonl":
-		attestations, err := loadBundlesFromJSONLinesFile(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			var pathErr *os.PathError
-			if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundles could not be loaded from JSON lines file at %s", path)
-			} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed")
-		}
-		return attestations, nil
+	if fileExt == ".json" {
+		attestations, err = loadBundleFromJSONFile(path)
+	} else if fileExt == ".jsonl" {
+		attestations, err = loadBundlesFromJSONLinesFile(path)
+	} else {
+		return nil, ErrUnrecognisedBundleExtension
 	}
-	return nil, ErrUnrecognisedBundleExtension
+
+	if err != nil {
+		var pathErr *os.PathError
+		if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load content from file path %s", path)
+		} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed")
+	}
+
+	return attestations, nil
 }
 
 func loadBundleFromJSONFile(path string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
index 08f0ccfef..8acff0c37 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestGetLocalAttestations(t *testing.T) {
 		path := "../test/data/not-found-bundle.json"
 		attestations, err := GetLocalAttestations(path)
 
-		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "bundle could not be loaded from JSON file")
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "could not load content from file path")
 		require.Nil(t, attestations)
 	})
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestGetLocalAttestations(t *testing.T) {
 		path := "../test/data/not-found-bundle.jsonl"
 		attestations, err := GetLocalAttestations(path)
 
-		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "bundles could not be loaded from JSON lines file")
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "could not load content from file path")
 		require.Nil(t, attestations)
 	})