diff --git a/internal/api/controller/repo/content_get.go b/internal/api/controller/repo/content_get.go
index 117bff5e5..d806c39d7 100644
--- a/internal/api/controller/repo/content_get.go
+++ b/internal/api/controller/repo/content_get.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (c *Controller) GetContent(ctx context.Context,
 		IncludeLatestCommit: includeLatestCommit,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read tree node: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	info, err := mapToContentInfo(treeNodeOutput.Node, treeNodeOutput.Commit, includeLatestCommit)
diff --git a/internal/api/controller/repo/raw.go b/internal/api/controller/repo/raw.go
index 26fa50e9b..161906467 100644
--- a/internal/api/controller/repo/raw.go
+++ b/internal/api/controller/repo/raw.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (c *Controller) Raw(ctx context.Context,
 		IncludeLatestCommit: false,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read tree node: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// viewing Raw content is only supported for blob content
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/file/gitness.go b/internal/pipeline/file/gitness.go
index 13fdecbae..784f23238 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/file/gitness.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/file/gitness.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package file
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 
 	"github.com/harness/gitness/gitrpc"
 	"github.com/harness/gitness/types"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (f *service) Get(
 		IncludeLatestCommit: false,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read tree node: %w", err)
 	}
 	// viewing Raw content is only supported for blob content
 	if treeNodeOutput.Node.Type != gitrpc.TreeNodeTypeBlob {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (f *service) Get(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read blob from gitrpc: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(blobReader.Content)
+	buf, err := io.ReadAll(blobReader.Content)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read blob content from file: %w", err)
 	}