diff --git a/beat/cmdline/common.py b/beat/cmdline/common.py
index d4d0e337a7f8e2bd90e19023206b07281dfb5c27..4c65c4a08186bc6399eba9a9bfd07903ebddd3e3 100644
--- a/beat/cmdline/common.py
+++ b/beat/cmdline/common.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from beat.core import algorithm
 from beat.core import toolchain
 from beat.core import experiment
 
+from beat.backend.python import utils
 
 TYPE_GLOB = {
     'dataformat': os.path.join('*', '*', '*.json'),
@@ -393,6 +394,13 @@ def make_up_local_list(prefix, type, requirements):
   '''
 
   root = os.path.join(prefix, TYPE_PLURAL[type])
+  if type in NOSTORAGE:
+    try:
+        root = os.path.join(prefix, TYPE_NOSTORAGE[type])
+    except:
+        logger.error("Selected type is not valid: %s"%type)
+        return 1
+
   l = glob.glob(os.path.join(root, TYPE_GLOB[type]))
   candidates = [os.path.splitext(os.path.relpath(o, root))[0] for o in l]
 
@@ -449,8 +457,15 @@ def display_local_list(prefix, type):
   for name in names:
     logger.info("%s", name)
     try:
-      storage = TYPE_STORAGE[type](prefix, name)
-      contents = simplejson.loads(storage.json.load(), object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
+      contents = None
+      if type in NOSTORAGE:
+        name_path = os.path.join(prefix, TYPE_NOSTORAGE[type], name)
+        data_json = utils.File(name_path + '.json')
+        with open(data_json.path, 'rt') as f:
+            contents = simplejson.load(f, object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
+      else:
+        storage = TYPE_STORAGE[type](prefix, name)
+        contents = simplejson.loads(storage.json.load(), object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict)
       if 'description' in contents:
         logger.extra(2*' ' + contents['description'])
     except simplejson.JSONDecodeError:
@@ -778,7 +793,6 @@ def pull(webapi, prefix, type, names, fields, force, indentation):
           status += 1 #error
           continue
 
-        from beat.backend.python import utils
         if 'data' in fields:
             name_path = os.path.join(prefix, TYPE_NOSTORAGE[type], name)
             data_json = utils.File(name_path + '.json')