diff --git a/cli/cmd/channel_adoption.go b/cli/cmd/channel_adoption.go
index 0b3d444bf..20fd62ae7 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/channel_adoption.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/channel_adoption.go
@@ -24,13 +24,25 @@ func (r *runners) channelAdoption(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	chanID := args[0]
 
-	appChan, _, err := r.platformAPI.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+	appType, err := r.api.GetAppType(r.appID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err = print.ChannelAdoption(r.w, appChan.Adoption); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if appType == "platform" {
+		appChan, _, err := r.platformAPI.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err = print.ChannelAdoption(r.w, appChan.Adoption); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+	} else if appType == "ship" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Ship applications.")
+	} else if appType == "kots" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Kots applications.")
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cli/cmd/channel_counts.go b/cli/cmd/channel_counts.go
index 256221ed3..2bbd517f0 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/channel_counts.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/channel_counts.go
@@ -24,13 +24,24 @@ func (r *runners) channelCounts(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	chanID := args[0]
 
-	appChan, _, err := r.platformAPI.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+	appType, err := r.api.GetAppType(r.appID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err = print.LicenseCounts(r.w, appChan.LicenseCounts); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if appType == "platform" {
+		appChan, _, err := r.api.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err = print.LicenseCounts(r.w, appChan.LicenseCounts); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if appType == "ship" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Ship applications.")
+	} else if appType == "kots" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Kots applications.")
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cli/cmd/channel_releases.go b/cli/cmd/channel_releases.go
index 54a3e9170..96382a1d9 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/channel_releases.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/channel_releases.go
@@ -24,13 +24,25 @@ func (r *runners) channelReleases(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	chanID := args[0]
 
-	_, releases, err := r.platformAPI.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+	appType, err := r.api.GetAppType(r.appID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err = print.ChannelReleases(r.w, releases); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if appType == "platform" {
+
+		_, releases, err := r.api.GetChannel(r.appID, chanID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err = print.ChannelReleases(r.w, releases); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if appType == "ship" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Ship applications.")
+	} else if appType == "kots" {
+		return errors.New("This feature is not supported for Kots applications.")
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_inspect.go b/cli/cmd/release_inspect.go
index 27a721117..f1bbf6c88 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_inspect.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_inspect.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (r *runners) releaseInspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse sequence argument %s", args[0])
 	}
 
-	release, err := r.platformAPI.GetRelease(r.appID, seq)
+	release, err := r.api.GetRelease(r.appID, seq)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == platformclient.ErrNotFound {
 			return fmt.Errorf("No such release %d", seq)
diff --git a/client/release.go b/client/release.go
index 49d111f32..194c5f0a5 100644
--- a/client/release.go
+++ b/client/release.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package client
 import (
 	"errors"
 
+	releases "github.com/replicatedhq/replicated/gen/go/v1"
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/replicated/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -143,8 +144,20 @@ func (c *Client) UpdateRelease(appID string, sequence int64, yaml string) error
 	return errors.New("unknown app type")
 }
 
-func (c *Client) GetRelease(appID string, sequence int64) (interface{}, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+func (c *Client) GetRelease(appID string, sequence int64) (*releases.AppRelease, error) {
+	appType, err := c.GetAppType(appID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if appType == "platform" {
+		return c.PlatformClient.GetRelease(appID, sequence)
+	} else if appType == "ship" {
+		return nil, errors.New("This feature is not supported for Ship applications.")
+	} else if appType == "kots" {
+		return nil, errors.New("This feature is not supported for Kots applications.")
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("unknown app type")
 }
 
 func (c *Client) PromoteRelease(appID string, sequence int64, label string, notes string, required bool, channelIDs ...string) error {