diff --git a/cmd/crane/cmd/blob.go b/cmd/crane/cmd/blob.go
index fef405f77..f8463ffc6 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/cmd/blob.go
+++ b/cmd/crane/cmd/blob.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/crane"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -28,20 +27,8 @@ func NewCmdBlob(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "blob BLOB",
 		Short:   "Read a blob from the registry",
 		Example: "crane blob ubuntu@sha256:4c1d20cdee96111c8acf1858b62655a37ce81ae48648993542b7ac363ac5c0e5 > blob.tar.gz",
-		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			src := args[0]
-			layer, err := crane.PullLayer(src, *options...)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pulling layer %s: %w", src, err)
-			}
-			blob, err := layer.Compressed()
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("fetching blob %s: %w", src, err)
-			}
-			if _, err := io.Copy(cmd.OutOrStdout(), blob); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("copying blob %s: %w", src, err)
-			}
+			fmt.Println("boop")
 			return nil
 		},
 	}