diff --git a/cmd/add.go b/cmd/add.go
index 5de6044604b8effb47c39caa8f356e3f9e831b3f..6d6282182d526b7dab7880d54034ff561a6faa85 100644
--- a/cmd/add.go
+++ b/cmd/add.go
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/projectrekor/rekor-cli/log"
@@ -83,28 +79,11 @@ For more information, visit [domain]`,
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 
-		f, err := os.Open(linkfile)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
+		request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", url, nil)
 
-		body := &bytes.Buffer{}
-		writer := multipart.NewWriter(body)
-		part, err := writer.CreateFormFile("fileupload", "link.json")
-
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := addFileToRequest(request, linkfile); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
-
-		io.Copy(part, f)
-		writer.Close()
-		request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", url, body)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		request.Header.Add("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())
 		client := &http.Client{}
 		response, err := client.Do(request)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file.go b/cmd/file.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b03b489377f807b1fe0a7205ad69ba89dba326d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/file.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"mime/multipart"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func addFileToRequest(request *http.Request, path string) error {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	writer := multipart.NewWriter(body)
+	defer writer.Close()
+	part, err := writer.CreateFormFile("fileupload", "link.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(part, f); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	request.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(body)
+	request.Header.Add("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/get.go b/cmd/get.go
index 5d2b7f4e402db95159f1a9144439b6ea6c0245a3..2c045b7b902b8d2c871100dd874c0a5119e5695b 100644
--- a/cmd/get.go
+++ b/cmd/get.go
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
+	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/trillian"
 	"github.com/projectrekor/rekor-cli/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -39,32 +37,38 @@ var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 For more information, visit [domain]`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log := log.Logger
-		logRpcServer := viper.GetString("log_rpc_server")
-		tLogID := viper.GetInt64("tlog_id")
+		rekorServer := viper.GetString("rekor_server")
+		url := rekorServer + "/api/v1/get"
 		linkfile := viper.GetString("linkfile")
 
+		// Set Context with Timeout for connects to thde log rpc server
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 
-		conn, err := grpc.DialContext(ctx, logRpcServer, grpc.WithInsecure())
+		request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", url, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("Failed to connect to log server:", err)
+			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		defer conn.Close()
 
-		jsonFile, err := os.Open(linkfile)
+		if err := addFileToRequest(request, linkfile); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		client := &http.Client{}
+		response, err := client.Do(request)
+
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
+			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		byteValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
-		defer jsonFile.Close()
+		defer response.Body.Close()
 
-		tLogClient := trillian.NewTrillianLogClient(conn)
-		server := serverInstance(tLogClient, tLogID)
+		content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 
-		resp := &Response{}
-		resp, err = server.getLeaf(byteValue, tLogID)
-		log.Infof("Server GET Response: %s", resp.status)
+		fmt.Println(string(content))
 	},
 }