diff --git a/email.go b/email.go
index d1afe9a..b7a4e15 100644
--- a/email.go
+++ b/email.go
@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@ func sendEmail(to []string, from, subject, body string, paths []string) error {
 	// If the conversion fails, we'll simply send the plain-text body.
 	_ = goldmark.Convert([]byte(body), html)
 
+	request := &resend.SendEmailRequest{
+		From:        from,
+		To:          to,
+		Subject:     subject,
+		Html:        html.String(),
+		Text:        body,
+		Attachments: makeAttachments(paths),
+	}
+
+	_, err := client.Emails.Send(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func makeAttachments(paths []string) []resend.Attachment {
+	if len(paths) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	attachments := make([]resend.Attachment, len(paths))
 	for i, a := range paths {
 		f, err := os.ReadFile(a)
@@ -55,23 +77,5 @@ func sendEmail(to []string, from, subject, body string, paths []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(attachments) == 0 {
-		attachments = nil
-	}
-
-	request := &resend.SendEmailRequest{
-		From:        from,
-		To:          to,
-		Subject:     subject,
-		Html:        html.String(),
-		Text:        body,
-		Attachments: attachments,
-	}
-
-	_, err := client.Emails.Send(request)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return attachments
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d9686e2..330a34b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		p := tea.NewProgram(NewModel(resend.SendEmailRequest{
-			From:    from,
-			To:      to,
-			Subject: subject,
-			Text:    body,
+			From:        from,
+			To:          to,
+			Subject:     subject,
+			Text:        body,
+			Attachments: makeAttachments(attachments),
 		}))
 		m, err := p.Run()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
index 97a7ffa..b035883 100644
--- a/model.go
+++ b/model.go
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ func NewModel(defaults resend.SendEmailRequest) Model {
 	attachments.SetStatusBarItemName("attachment", "attachments")
 	attachments.SetShowPagination(false)
 
+	for _, a := range defaults.Attachments {
+		attachments.InsertItem(0, attachment(a.Filename))
+	}
+
 	picker := filepicker.New()
 	picker.CurrentDirectory, _ = os.UserHomeDir()