diff --git a/src/commands/diff-scan/cmd-diff-scan-get.ts b/src/commands/diff-scan/cmd-diff-scan-get.ts
index 75fe1138..c3ad6d44 100644
--- a/src/commands/diff-scan/cmd-diff-scan-get.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diff-scan/cmd-diff-scan-get.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import colors from 'yoctocolors-cjs'
 
 import { logger } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/logger'
 
-import { getDiffScan } from './get-diff-scan'
+import { handleDiffScan } from './handle-diff-scan'
 import constants from '../../constants'
 import { commonFlags } from '../../flags'
 import { meowOrExit } from '../../utils/meow-with-subcommands'
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ async function run(
     parentName
   })
 
-  const before = String(cli.flags['before'] || '')
-  const after = String(cli.flags['after'] || '')
+  const { after, before, depth, file, json, markdown } = cli.flags
+
   const [orgSlug = ''] = cli.input
 
   if (!before || !after || cli.input.length < 1) {
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ async function run(
     return
   }
 
-  await getDiffScan({
-    outputJson: Boolean(cli.flags['json']),
-    before,
-    after,
-    depth: Number(cli.flags['depth']),
+  await handleDiffScan({
+    before: String(before || ''),
+    after: String(after || ''),
+    depth: Number(depth),
     orgSlug,
-    file: String(cli.flags['file'] || '')
+    outputKind: json ? 'json' : markdown ? 'markdown' : 'text',
+    file: String(file || '')
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/diff-scan/fetch-diff-scan.ts b/src/commands/diff-scan/fetch-diff-scan.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd725222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/diff-scan/fetch-diff-scan.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import colors from 'yoctocolors-cjs'
+
+import constants from '../../constants'
+import { handleAPIError, handleApiCall, queryAPI } from '../../utils/api'
+import { AuthError } from '../../utils/errors'
+import { getDefaultToken } from '../../utils/sdk'
+
+import type { SocketSdkReturnType } from '@socketsecurity/sdk'
+
+export async function fetchDiffScan({
+  after,
+  before,
+  orgSlug
+}: {
+  after: string
+  before: string
+  orgSlug: string
+}): Promise<SocketSdkReturnType<'GetOrgDiffScan'>['data'] | undefined> {
+  const apiToken = getDefaultToken()
+  if (!apiToken) {
+    throw new AuthError(
+      'User must be authenticated to run this command. To log in, run the command `socket login` and enter your API key.'
+    )
+  }
+
+  return await fetchDiffScanWithToken(apiToken, {
+    after,
+    before,
+    orgSlug
+  })
+}
+
+export async function fetchDiffScanWithToken(
+  apiToken: string,
+  {
+    after,
+    before,
+    orgSlug
+  }: {
+    after: string
+    before: string
+    orgSlug: string
+  }
+): Promise<SocketSdkReturnType<'GetOrgDiffScan'>['data'] | undefined> {
+  // Lazily access constants.spinner.
+  const { spinner } = constants
+
+  spinner.start('Fetching diff-scan...')
+
+  const response = await queryAPI(
+    `orgs/${orgSlug}/full-scans/diff?before=${encodeURIComponent(before)}&after=${encodeURIComponent(after)}`,
+    apiToken
+  )
+
+  spinner?.successAndStop('Received diff-scan response')
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    const err = await handleAPIError(response.status)
+    spinner.errorAndStop(
+      `${colors.bgRed(colors.white(response.statusText))}: ${err}`
+    )
+    return
+  }
+
+  const result = await handleApiCall(
+    (await response.json()) as Promise<
+      SocketSdkReturnType<'GetOrgDiffScan'>['data']
+    >,
+    'Deserializing json'
+  )
+
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/diff-scan/handle-diff-scan.ts b/src/commands/diff-scan/handle-diff-scan.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d017985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/diff-scan/handle-diff-scan.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { fetchDiffScan } from './fetch-diff-scan'
+import { outputDiffScan } from './output-diff-scan'
+
+export async function handleDiffScan({
+  after,
+  before,
+  depth,
+  file,
+  orgSlug,
+  outputKind
+}: {
+  after: string
+  before: string
+  depth: number
+  file: string
+  orgSlug: string
+  outputKind: 'json' | 'markdown' | 'text'
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const data = await fetchDiffScan({
+    after,
+    before,
+    orgSlug
+  })
+  if (!data) return
+
+  await outputDiffScan(data, {
+    depth,
+    file,
+    outputKind
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/diff-scan/get-diff-scan.ts b/src/commands/diff-scan/output-diff-scan.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from src/commands/diff-scan/get-diff-scan.ts
rename to src/commands/diff-scan/output-diff-scan.ts
index b64ba83c..08dd2cf5 100644
--- a/src/commands/diff-scan/get-diff-scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diff-scan/output-diff-scan.ts
@@ -5,90 +5,21 @@ import colors from 'yoctocolors-cjs'
 
 import { logger } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/logger'
 
-import constants from '../../constants'
-import { handleAPIError, handleApiCall, queryAPI } from '../../utils/api'
-import { AuthError } from '../../utils/errors'
-import { getDefaultToken } from '../../utils/sdk'
-
 import type { SocketSdkReturnType } from '@socketsecurity/sdk'
 
-export async function getDiffScan({
-  after,
-  before,
-  depth,
-  file,
-  orgSlug,
-  outputJson
-}: {
-  after: string
-  before: string
-  depth: number
-  file: string
-  orgSlug: string
-  outputJson: boolean
-}): Promise<void> {
-  const apiToken = getDefaultToken()
-  if (!apiToken) {
-    throw new AuthError(
-      'User must be authenticated to run this command. To log in, run the command `socket login` and enter your API key.'
-    )
-  }
-
-  await getDiffScanWithToken({
-    after,
-    before,
+export async function outputDiffScan(
+  result: SocketSdkReturnType<'GetOrgDiffScan'>['data'],
+  {
     depth,
     file,
-    orgSlug,
-    outputJson,
-    apiToken
-  })
-}
-export async function getDiffScanWithToken({
-  after,
-  apiToken,
-  before,
-  depth,
-  file,
-  orgSlug,
-  outputJson
-}: {
-  after: string
-  apiToken: string
-  depth: number
-  before: string
-  file: string
-  orgSlug: string
-  outputJson: boolean
-}): Promise<void> {
-  // Lazily access constants.spinner.
-  const { spinner } = constants
-
-  spinner.start('Getting diff scan...')
-
-  const response = await queryAPI(
-    `orgs/${orgSlug}/full-scans/diff?before=${encodeURIComponent(before)}&after=${encodeURIComponent(after)}`,
-    apiToken
-  )
-
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    const err = await handleAPIError(response.status)
-    spinner.errorAndStop(
-      `${colors.bgRed(colors.white(response.statusText))}: ${err}`
-    )
-    return
+    outputKind
+  }: {
+    depth: number
+    file: string
+    outputKind: 'json' | 'markdown' | 'text'
   }
-
-  const result = await handleApiCall(
-    (await response.json()) as Promise<
-      SocketSdkReturnType<'GetOrgDiffScan'>['data']
-    >,
-    'Deserializing json'
-  )
-
-  spinner.stop()
-
-  const dashboardUrl = (result as any)?.['diff_report_url']
+): Promise<void> {
+  const dashboardUrl = result.diff_report_url
   const dashboardMessage = dashboardUrl
     ? `\n View this diff scan in the Socket dashboard: ${colors.cyan(dashboardUrl)}`
     : ''
@@ -96,7 +27,7 @@ export async function getDiffScanWithToken({
   // When forcing json, or dumping to file, serialize to string such that it
   // won't get truncated. The only way to dump the full raw JSON to stdout is
   // to use `--json --file -` (the dash is a standard notation for stdout)
-  if (outputJson || file) {
+  if (outputKind === 'json' || file) {
     let json
     try {
       json = JSON.stringify(result, null, 2)