diff --git a/internal/executor/account.go b/internal/executor/account.go
index 5e88e5b..546107b 100644
--- a/internal/executor/account.go
+++ b/internal/executor/account.go
@@ -10,53 +10,41 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getAccountID(gtsClient *client.Client, myAccount bool, accountNames internalFlag.StringSliceValue, credentialsFile string) (string, error) {
+	account, err := getAccount(gtsClient, myAccount, accountNames, credentialsFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get the account information: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return account.ID, nil
+}
+
+func getAccount(
+	gtsClient *client.Client,
+	myAccount bool,
+	accountNames internalFlag.StringSliceValue,
+	credentialsFile string,
+) (model.Account, error) {
 	var (
-		accountID string
-		err       error
+		account model.Account
+		err     error
 	)
 
 	switch {
 	case myAccount:
-		accountID, err = getMyAccountID(gtsClient, credentialsFile)
+		account, err = getMyAccount(gtsClient, credentialsFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get your account ID: %w", err)
+			return account, fmt.Errorf("unable to get your account ID: %w", err)
 		}
 	case !accountNames.Empty():
-		expectedNumAccountNames := 1
-		if !accountNames.ExpectedLength(expectedNumAccountNames) {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf(
-				"received an unexpected number of account names: want %d",
-				expectedNumAccountNames,
-			)
-		}
-
-		accountID, err = getTheirAccountID(gtsClient, accountNames[0])
+		account, err = getOtherAccount(gtsClient, accountNames)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get the account ID: %w", err)
+			return account, fmt.Errorf("unable to get the account ID: %w", err)
 		}
 	default:
-		return "", NoAccountSpecifiedError{}
+		return account, NoAccountSpecifiedError{}
 	}
 
-	return accountID, nil
-}
-
-func getMyAccountID(gtsClient *client.Client, path string) (string, error) {
-	account, err := getMyAccount(gtsClient, path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("received an error while getting your account details: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return account.ID, nil
-}
-
-func getTheirAccountID(gtsClient *client.Client, accountURI string) (string, error) {
-	account, err := getAccount(gtsClient, accountURI)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve your account: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return account.ID, nil
+	return account, nil
 }
 
 func getMyAccount(gtsClient *client.Client, path string) (model.Account, error) {
@@ -67,7 +55,7 @@ func getMyAccount(gtsClient *client.Client, path string) (model.Account, error)
 
 	accountURI := authConfig.CurrentAccount
 
-	account, err := getAccount(gtsClient, accountURI)
+	account, err := gtsClient.GetAccount(accountURI)
 	if err != nil {
 		return model.Account{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve your account: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -75,8 +63,16 @@ func getMyAccount(gtsClient *client.Client, path string) (model.Account, error)
 	return account, nil
 }
 
-func getAccount(gtsClient *client.Client, accountURI string) (model.Account, error) {
-	account, err := gtsClient.GetAccount(accountURI)
+func getOtherAccount(gtsClient *client.Client, accountNames internalFlag.StringSliceValue) (model.Account, error) {
+	expectedNumAccountNames := 1
+	if !accountNames.ExpectedLength(expectedNumAccountNames) {
+		return model.Account{}, fmt.Errorf(
+			"received an unexpected number of account names: want %d",
+			expectedNumAccountNames,
+		)
+	}
+
+	account, err := gtsClient.GetAccount(accountNames[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return model.Account{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve the account details: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/executor/show.go b/internal/executor/show.go
index ef99f3a..fafc692 100644
--- a/internal/executor/show.go
+++ b/internal/executor/show.go
@@ -59,29 +59,9 @@ func (s *ShowExecutor) showInstance(gtsClient *client.Client) error {
 }
 
 func (s *ShowExecutor) showAccount(gtsClient *client.Client) error {
-	var (
-		account model.Account
-		err     error
-	)
-
-	if s.myAccount {
-		account, err = getMyAccount(gtsClient, s.config.CredentialsFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("received an error while getting the account details: %w", err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		expectedNumAccountNames := 1
-		if !s.accountName.ExpectedLength(expectedNumAccountNames) {
-			return fmt.Errorf(
-				"found an unexpected number of --account-name flags: expected %d",
-				expectedNumAccountNames,
-			)
-		}
-
-		account, err = getAccount(gtsClient, s.accountName[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("received an error while getting the account details: %w", err)
-		}
+	account, err := getAccount(gtsClient, s.myAccount, s.accountName, s.config.CredentialsFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get the account information: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if s.showInBrowser {