diff --git a/page/link.go b/page/link.go
index 0035a8f..758ecd8 100644
--- a/page/link.go
+++ b/page/link.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func resolveLink(
 		}
 
 		linkContents, err := os.ReadFile(filepath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", karma.Format(err, "read file: %s", filepath)
+		}
 
 		contentType := http.DetectContentType(linkContents)
 		// Check if the MIME type starts with "text/"
@@ -110,10 +113,6 @@ func resolveLink(
 			return "", nil
 		}
 
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", karma.Format(err, "read file: %s", filepath)
-		}
-
 		linkContents = bytes.ReplaceAll(
 			linkContents,
 			[]byte("\r\n"),