diff --git a/cli/slsa-verifier/verify.go b/cli/slsa-verifier/verify.go
index 5da05ef..b280bcc 100644
--- a/cli/slsa-verifier/verify.go
+++ b/cli/slsa-verifier/verify.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func verifyArtifactCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 		Short: "Verifies SLSA provenance on artifact blobs given as arguments (assuming same provenance)",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			v := verify.VerifyArtifactCommand{
 				ProvenancePath:      o.ProvenancePath,
 				SourceURI:           o.SourceURI,
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ func verifyArtifactCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 			if _, err := v.Exec(cmd.Context(), args); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %v\n", FAILURE, err)
-				return err
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", SUCCESS)
 			}
-
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", SUCCESS)
-			return nil
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ func verifyImageCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 		Short: "Verifies SLSA provenance on a container image",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			v := verify.VerifyImageCommand{
 				SourceURI:           o.SourceURI,
 				PrintProvenance:     o.PrintProvenance,
@@ -111,11 +109,9 @@ func verifyImageCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 			if _, err := v.Exec(cmd.Context(), args); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %v\n", FAILURE, err)
-				return err
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", SUCCESS)
 			}
-
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", SUCCESS)
-			return nil
 		},
 	}